rgw@icdattcwsm:~/About$ cat about.md
Hi,
I'm Ryan.
I work at Wiom, as part of the 'Labs' team, to build the internet architecture needed to bring the joys of unlimited internet to 500 million people in India, over the next 5 years. Wiom's Labs team strengthens Wiom's operational excellence through new age technologies such as Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.
It is hard for me to go about life without spending good chunks of time playing gospel music at the piano, or preparing for the ultra marathon I'll run someday. You can watch a recent performance of When A Child Is Born.
I wouldn't be anywhere without my Catholic work ethic. Simply put, I put my head down to do GOD's work, and crazy GOOD things happen. Some so GOOD, I wonder if I am cursed to not articulate it - well-enough - that others may believe. Either way, 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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Battle testing my RUST RGWML library in real world applications. This took the library from version 1.1.71 to 1.3.81, encompassing an additional 173 version updates. Downloaded over 82,000 times, RGWML evolved to become the only RUST-dominant AI, Data Science, & Machine Learning RUST Library designed to minimize developer cognitive load and replicate the Python Pandas Library with integrations for OpenAI, XGBoost, and several clustering techniques. Started fixing Python's broken and ugly data science syntax by creating a fluent API variant of RGWML, 100x more 'hyper-minimalistic' than its RUST parent, with a VERCEL/NETLIFY integration capable of converting business logic to a CRM-like system in under 10 minutes with less than 90 lines of code.
Week by week, wrote function after function into my libraries. Simplified by set up to a single Virtual Dedicated Server, with my entire codebase in a single private git repo. Discovered that NodeJS syntax is prettier than Python's for websocket servers - probably will stick to NodeJS for web servers. Moved away from compiled Javascript (NextJS, Vercel, ReactJS), towards no-build JS. From MYSQL servers to SQLite. From Netlify to Cloudflare. From DigitalOcean and GCP, to VCCLHosting. Built a websocket server from scratch in NodeJS, using only native NodeJS libraries - wanted to play around with hyper-customized sockets in a scalable way.
Started a slow ardous 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 a Python-Vim extension to let me publish stuff I learn (or, rather - relearn) here.
## 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, minimizing cognitive overload.
## 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.
## By 30
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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.
## 28-30
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Met Satyam Darmora by happenstance and joined Wiom, a tribe inspired by infinity, bringing unlimited internet to 500 million lower-middle-class homes in the next 5 years.
## By 28
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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.
## 25-27
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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 25
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COVID-19 outbreak ruined my plan to start my own law practice.
## 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.