~/portfolio
$ ls
$ cat about/about_me.txt

I'm Dylan Satow, a 4th year at Columbia University studying Math & CS. I am quite passionate about ML research (my recent interests have been non-euclidean representation learning and mechanistic interpretability), although I am also very into traditional software. I have recently embraced Nix/NixOS for both my mac and PC setups, and have increasingly been spending my time working on low-level projects/courses.

I am also an avid jazz trumpet player/multi-instrumentalist. My primary instruments are trumpet, guitar, EWI, bass, ocarina, and keys with my proficiency in each falling roughly in that order. I play trumpet in the band Noshows with my brother, and have had the privilege of playing in a bunch of notable venues in NYC. Lastly, when time permits it, I am a big nature/camping lover.

$ cat about/about_this_website.txt

This site is written using SvelteKit and styled using tailwind-CSS with a Catppuccin Mocha/Lavendar theme (All credit for any CSS/mobile view goes to claude code). I chose svelte to avoid the bloat of a VDOM while keeping easy, boilerplate-free reactivity.

I have added vim motions to the site (if you don't know what that means, good on you for having a life), so h/l/j/k to your hearts content. Just remember to disable Vimium or your favorite browser vim extension to enjoy.

$ cat about/what_im_using_right_now.txt
GolangPythonPytorchC/C++CudaRust (learning)
$ cat about/grad_courses.txt
COMS E6998 High Performance Machine LearningCOMS E4776 Neural NetworksCOMS W4771 Machine LearningCOMS W4774 Unsupervised LearningCOMS W4705 Natural Language ProcessingMATH GU4041 Modern AlgebraMATH GU4044 Modern Analysis
$ cat about/links.txt