AI Deep Dive
An open-source AI/ML learning platform with interactive courses, sandboxed code evaluation, and a flagship course on building GPT from scratch.
PyTorch Transformers Pyodide Sandboxing
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Henok Wondimu
ML & Software Engineer
New York, USA
Recent work includes aideepdive.dev (an AI learning platform with a sandboxed code judge), Remux (a native iOS tmux client built on libghostty), and kbolt (a local-first retrieval engine in Rust).
Projects
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A native iOS tmux client built on libghostty and tmux's control-mode protocol, with windows and panes mapped to native iOS views.
iOS Swift tmux libghostty
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kbolt
Local-first retrieval engine in Rust for notes, docs, and source code. Hybrid search with reranking, exposed through a CLI and a native MCP server for coding agents.
Rust RAG MCP Vector Search
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Transformer + RoPE
From-scratch PyTorch Transformer trained on WMT14 English-German. The baseline reached 25.53 BLEU; the RoPE variant improved on it to 25.97 with no additional parameters.
PyTorch Transformers RoPE Distributed Training
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Scriptify: Handwriting Synthesis from Text
Handwriting synthesis system using an attention-based LSTM (5M params). Generates realistic handwriting from text input with real-time rendering through a FastAPI backend and React frontend.
PyTorch Deep Learning LSTM TorchScript
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MYA: My Assistant
Personal AI assistant that unifies email, calendar, tasks, and local files behind a single search interface. Uses hybrid RAG retrieval (BM25 + semantic embeddings + RRF) and LLM-powered email intelligence.
RAG LLMs ChromaDB Python
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Distributed Task Queue
Distributed task queue built in Go with RabbitMQ and PostgreSQL. Supports at-least-once delivery, priority queues, exponential backoff, dead-letter handling, and a REST API with dashboard.
Go RabbitMQ PostgreSQL Docker
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HDFS Cloud Starter
One-command deployment of a multi-node Hadoop HDFS cluster on GCP. Uses Terraform for infrastructure and Ansible for configuration, orchestrated by a single shell script.
Terraform Ansible GCP Hadoop HDFS
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Kafka-Lite
Simplified Kafka implementation in Java, built through the Codecrafters challenge. Handles TCP networking, binary wire protocol, API version negotiation, partition listing, and Fetch requests.
Java Distributed Systems TCP Networking Kafka Protocol
Experience
ML Research Assistant
Aug 2024 – PresentFordham University
Research on deep learning and agentic AI systems applied to cybersecurity and automation.
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- First author on a paper presenting a hybrid ML-systems approach for explainable DDoS detection with sub-10ms latency.
- Built data pipelines and training workflows in PyTorch for deep learning and cybersecurity research on 20M+ sample datasets.
Software Engineer II
Oct 2023 - Aug 2024Zobel Technologies
Built backend systems for an EthioTelecom airtime distribution platform and Waga Express logistics, supporting 100K+ users.
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- Built Java/Spring Boot services for the airtime distribution platform and NestJS/PostgreSQL/PostGIS services for Waga Express.
- Designed RabbitMQ event workflows for shipment tracking, notifications, and analytics.
- Reduced peak API response times by approximately 65% through Redis caching, query optimization, and database indexing.
Software Engineer
Jun 2022 - Dec 2023Africa to Silicon Valley (A2SV)
Worked on SkillBridge, an AI-powered learning platform, and led A2SV's expansion to Ghana with Google Ghana and the University of Ghana.
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- Collaborated on system design for SkillBridge, defining data models, API contracts, and service interactions across backend, mobile, and ML components.
- Developed a high-performance quiz module with optimized list rendering and lazy-loading architecture, reducing UI latency by 80% (100ms -> 20ms).
- Introduced clean architecture (Repository pattern, Dependency Injection) and pushed test coverage to 85%.
- Led A2SV's expansion into Ghana with Google Ghana and the University of Ghana, training 30+ students (25% landed internships at top tech companies)
Software Engineer (Freelance)
Nov 2021 - Jul 2024Upwork
Built backend and mobile solutions for international clients across fintech, logistics, and community platforms.
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- Built the backend for FajrLions (Node.js, TypeScript, NoSQL, GCP), a community app with geofenced campaigns and timezone-aware push notifications.
- Created SiteAudit, an offline-first construction inspection app used by 50+ field teams to sync 10K+ monthly audits.
- Developed a finance app that automates intrinsic-value calculations, replacing manual workflows.
GitHub
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