Hey! I'm Ari. I'm a software engineer based in the Bay Area. I enjoy building stuff and am always trying to learn something new. My experience spans across ML, MLOps, backend, and frontend. Above all, I just want to create useful things.
Projects
Challenge Betz
A page to bet on challenges with friends, like who goes to the gym more each month.
Kognis
An AI-powered education platform that helps students learn more effectively.
Yatdl
Yet Another To Do List, but minimal and gamified. Destroy todos :p
Work
Machine Learning Engineer
HappyRobot
Software Engineer
Appfolio
Teaching Assistant
UC Santa Barbara
Values
Try really really hard, do not give up
Act with urgency
Continuously improve
Do the right thing
Give a shit
Seek the truth
Think slow act fast
Appreciate the little things
Blog
living
the other day i was listening to a podcast...
just send it
if there’s one thing I want to take from this year...
uruguay
aunque vivi la mayoria de mi vida en uruguay...
reflecting on my time @ appfolio
my story with appfolio goes way back...
moving to california
at age 18, i moved to california for college...
friends
most of my life i had friends. growing up in uruguay...
happiness
every once in a while i think about what makes me happy...
School
Masters at Georgia Tech, Machine Learning Specialization
Notable classes: Deep Learning, Human Computer Interaction, Software Architecture and Design, Machine Learning for Trading, Computer Networks.
BS in Computer Science, BA in Statistics, Minor in Physics at UC Santa Barbara
Notable classes: Deep Learning, Programming Languages, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning.
Studied abroad at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Notable classes: Natural Language Processing, Extreme Computing, Robotics and Vision, Quantum Mechanics
Favorite Books
My Playlists
If you made it here... let's just say you weren't supposed to. But since you did, here's some bangers 😎
Cumbia Vieja
Old cumbia from Uruguay/Argentina
Reggaeton
Title says it all
Teketeke
All sorts of techno music