Things I've Built
Small tools, mostly built to make a concept legible by letting you play with it.
I learn a concept properly at the point where I can build something you can poke at. Most of these exist because a static explanation wasn't enough, for me or anyone else.
Quantitative finance
- Almgren–Chriss Execution Model: the Optimal Execution efficient frontier, made draggable.
- Black–Scholes Options Calculator: European options pricing and the Greeks, visualized.
- MACD Trading Strategy Visualizer: a technical indicator and a backtest, side by side.
Data and modelling
- ShadeFinder: geospatial shadow mapping for cooler walking routes.
- Sports betting analytics: statistical models for identifying mispriced lines. A study in how thin real edges are once you account for the vig.
For fun
- Video Poker: probability and game theory, in Pygame.
- Crash Car: a 2D racing game, built to teach myself object-oriented design properly.
- SafeNight: a hackathon project (HackViolet 2026), building a proactive safety ecosystem for monitoring intake and staying tethered to a trusted network, aimed at intervening before an emergency escalates.
Everything is on GitHub.
Related: About Me