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Building thoughtful software & data systems.
I'm Zac — a full-stack developer and data scientist. I founded a research-annotation platform, ship production ML pipelines, and write about the messy intersection of code, ideas, and craft.
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All projectsThinky – Research Annotation Platform
An offline-friendly Electron app that lets scholars highlight, tag, and instantly resurface PDF passages across multiple research projects.
- ClojureScript
- Electron
- Reagent
- re-frame
Thesis: Gradient Coherence, Diffs & Pruning
An investigation into the behavior of gradients durning training of a simple CNN image classifier and how it relates to generalization.
- Python
- PyTorch
- matplotlib
Classic Data Science Algorithms from Scratch
From-scratch implementations of core machine learning and statistical algorithms including K-Means, Random Forest, Naive Bayes, Kalman Filter, and MCMC methods.
- Python
- NumPy
- SciPy
- Matplotlib
- Jupyter
Madden NFL Computer Vision Classifier
Neural networks trained to classify NFL formations and plays from Madden gameplay footage using computer vision techniques.
- Python
- PyTorch
- OpenCV
- Computer Vision
About
Full CVEntrepreneurial full-stack developer and data scientist with experience founding a SaaS research-annotation platform, building production machine-learning pipelines, and leading cross-functional teams. Skilled in Clojure/ClojureScript, Python, React, cloud ML tooling, and modern data engineering practices.
- Aug 2024 – Present
- Founder thinky.dev
- Nov 2022 – Aug 2024
- Data Scientist The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Jul 2020 – Aug 2022
- Research Assistant Brigham Young University
- 2024
- Master of Science in Applied Mathematics (Thesis) Brigham Young University
- 2022
- Bachelor of Science in Applied & Computational Mathematics Brigham Young University