rgw@icdattcwsm:~/About$ cat about.md
Hi,
I am Ryan.
Catholic. Married to beautiful wife. And, spend my time working at Wiom's Labs team - building out the internet architecture needed to bring unlimited internet to 500 million people in India. Wiom's Labs team strengthens Wiom's platform play leveraging data and decision science algorithms, as well as, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques.
I put my head down to do GOD's work, and crazy GOOD things happen. Glory to GOD and JESUS, who is Lord.
Amen!
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# MY FOOTSTEPS
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## By 33
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Early 2025, I started a slow painful marathon, to brush up the basics of high school mathematics - as a prelude to diving into some serious deep tech in the years to come. Created md2ltx along the way [pip install md2ltx; See: https://pypi.org/project/md2ltx/]. A command-line tool for converting Markdown to LateX-formatted PDF via Pandoc, that also allows you to write executable python code within your markdown. Over time, I kind of realised that I understand abstract concepts better if I just build stuff, rather than engage in hypothetical-BS-mental-gymnastics. Nevertheless, md2ltx could still be useful in documenting mathematical modelling exercises.
Married beautiful wife on March 1, 2025.
Found myself down a rabbit hole testing out and comparing architecture using pure functional approaches versus OOP paradigms. OCaml. Haskell. And the OOP-rich PHP. These experiments helped understand more coherently the problem OOP was built to solve, and why Functional Programming (though great for libraries) is simply not good enough to tackle hard real world problems.
Realised using exclusively Functional Programming for library development, when combined with using exclusively OOP for core component engineering - can be a lethal combo. Built DeathStarPilot [See: https://deathstarpilot.com/] a to do list app, where you can destroy your completed tasks as if you were Darth Vader destroying planets. The objective was, to find a fun way to implement OOP techniques - and few things are more pleasurable than OOP + ThreeJS.
Doubled down on using Vim (not NeoVim) as my IDE. Built a dozen of symbolic-linked python scripts, to replicate the few IDE features I actually use. Some include - peeingtom.py (to do a simple CONTAINS search in my project directory), copycat.py (to copy to clipboard my entire project files, so I can paste into Grok), skeletor.py (to print a ASCII-art style tree of my project directory) ... and yes, a deploy-php-app.py (to deploy my php project to a domain name on my VDS).
Rebuilt my personal website (this very one), in vanilla PHP. Quit CSS frameworks in favour of a simple well-organised BEM-styled main.css. Quit React in favor of a simple main.js, orchestrating hand-crafted ES6 modules. And besides all this, used Python and Bash scripting for server side and deployment automation. Also, created a nature photohraphy blog with beautiful wife [See: https://wilderness.org.in/].
## By 32
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Doubled down on my technical proficiency in RUST, expanding rgwml from version 0.1.0 to version 1.1.71 across 98 version updates. I also built CSVBRO, a Microsoft Excel replacement leveraging the rgwml library to streamline complex AI/ML/Data Analysis workflows via the GNU-Linux terminal, minimising cognitive overload.
2024 was the year of RUST. And boy, I did not miss out. Battle tested the RGWML library from version 0.0.1 to 1.3.81 [cargo add rgwml; See: https://crates.io/crates/rgwml], encompassing over 250 version updates. Downloaded over 2,00,000 times, RGWML evolved to become a slick RUST-dominant AI, Data Science, & Machine Learning Library designed to minimize developer cognitive load and replicate the Python Pandas Library with integrations for OpenAI, XGBoost, and data clustering techniques. Was saturated AF by RUST's verbose syntax within 6 months, craving the simplicity of Python and Javascript. Okay, it was a good exploratory project - but why re-invent the wheel?
Pivoted to a simpler tech stack, and experimented with the idea of "building in production" with Python, Javascript, and SQLite. Rewrote my entire RGWML rust library in Python. Then, re-wrote it again in Python as RGWFUNCS [pip install rgwfuncs; See: https://pypi.org/project/rgwfuncs/], with better adherence to SOLID principles. Developed a deep hate for frameworks. Put these ideas to the test by using it to build a Salesforce substitute for Wiom's internal teams by coding directly into a VDS server. Had insane fun.
## By 31
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Taking charge of Wiom Labs, an innovation-focused offshoot from Wiom's baseline product design architecture, I created HAPP.AI—a lean language model leveraging RUST concurrency to mimic the output of OpenAI’s GPT-4-turbo. This involved managing transformer/model states with a MYSQL database, all based on training data organized in Google Sheets. Additionally, I built a free and open-source library to simplify operations in data science, machine learning, and AI, prioritizing CLI tools over GUIs.
## 28-30
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Entrepreneurial journey was more like a rollercoaster ride! I started a LegalTech hustle, launched three productivity apps—SLTYE, LAVENDORB, and EQUITY'S DARLINGS—primarily for my own business needs but marketed them as products as well. I burnt cash (lots and lots of cash), and my savings dwindled to zero. The venture became cashflow dead and ultimately crashed.
Met Satyam Darmora by happenstance and joined Wiom, a tribe inspired by infinity, bringing unlimited internet to 500 million lower-middle-class homes.
Created HAPPY, Wiom's internal CX CRM; developed DREAM, an experimental social media concept; GURU, an OpenAI-powered chatbot; TERMINAL LOVE, an open and free MVC architecture leveraging AI as a Controller. I became multilingual—fluent in Bash, PHP, Python, and JavaScript. I also reached an intermediate level of classical piano proficiency and discovered a love for Gospel Piano (and the Gospel, of course!). I spent time with people smarter than me and exponentially grew as a result.
## 25-27
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COVID-19 outbreak ruined my plan to start my own law practice.
Persisted working with law firms. Ouch. Worked as a lawyer long enough to know that LegalTech is an oxymoron. I learned HTML, CSS, and PHP (because that's what Zuck used to build Facebook’s first iteration). I became awesome—pretty awesome—at PHP, and revived my piano game.
## At 24
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Started working as an IP and tech attorney.
## At 23
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Joined a LegalTech startup, which tanked in 6 months.
## At 18
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Joined RMLNLU—a law school in Lucknow.
## By 17
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Dropped out of commerce. Or whatever DU taught as "commerce".
## At 15
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Dropped out of science. Or what CBSE taught as "science."
## Till 15
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Dreamed of becoming a mad scientist (more Mandark, less Dexter), playing for Liverpool, and doing fancy stuff on the piano.
## Birth
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And so it began.