Hi, I’m Matei.

I’m pretty good at 
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I’m also a Masters computer science student at UCSD, Class of 2024, hailing from Romania. I’m also a budding software engineer with a lot of experience in infrastructure and DevOps. I do dabble in pretty much everything, from computer hardware to artificial intelligence, and like experimenting with UI/UX design.

Talking is So Important

I continue to be amazed at how much communication and social skills improve your life. Here’s some anecdotes about that.

Why shouldn’t I use social media?

Instagram’s tempting me, I guess. But hey, let’s be open-minded and find out what I really think about social media.

I Miss Procrastinating

It’s been a while since I’ve touched this blog. Let’s have a chat about why.

I Want My Digital Newspaper Back

A long conversation about how push notifications have ruined the ability for you to not be doomscrolling and how RSS feeds can help fix that.

What am I thinking/doing right now?

Hold up...

What's my big project?

I'm making an e-Ink chore display! I've been spending a lot of mental effort coordinating chores with my roommates, and in classic "me" fashion, rather than just buy a whiteboard, I'd love to just over-engineer an e-Ink display to render custom Notion data using Rust. I'll get there.

Work

  1. Company
    Sigma Computing
    Role
    Software Engineer Intern
    Date
  2. Company
    ACM UCSD
    Role
    Project Manager, Software Engineer
    Date
  3. Company
    ServiceNow
    Role
    Systems Engineer Intern
    Date
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