Isaac Clayton

A friend of free software, pushing bits around as an undergrad at MIT. Interested in compilers, display hacks, and AI (as one must be in 2024).

I started programming in 2013 (scratch.mit.edu ♡). In 2015, I learned Python when my uncle told me it was easier to write neural networks if you didn’t … uh … hardcode the matrix multiplication routines.

In 2017, I became obsessed with shaders and GPUs (thank you, Iñigo Quilez). In 2019, I learned Rust to develop a compiler for Passerine. I keep a blog.

In 2021, I was a software engineering intern at tonari.no, where I prototyped real-time depth estimation on the GPU. In 2022, I interned at zed.dev, where I developed a webassembly extension runtime for e.g. adding new languages to the editor.

From July 2022 to July 2024, I lived in Brazil, didn’t use the Internet, and learned a lot. (Sadly, after two years offline, I realize that the Internet kinda sucks.)

I am now just about finishing my first year at MIT. Over the summer I’ll perform a pilgrimage to San Francisco, to work at a bona-fide startup! I’ll be once again writing Rust, because it looks like that’s what I’m good at. The startup is very cool, I’ll write about it sometime.

I love making art and taking photos! I have played basketball on 4 of 7 continents to date. I enjoy hiking with my family and skiing with my Dad. Também falo português, meu rei. Y español.

Let’s chat! I’m easily reachable via:

• Email: hi@isaac.sh · copy
• Phone: ask if you know me.

I also have accounts on:

• GitHub: slightknack
• “Twitter”: slightknack
• HN: slightknack
• Lobsters: slightknack
• Discord: slightknack
• Matrix: ask if you know me.
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