Hello y'all. My full name is Vincentius Daniel Budidharma. I go by Daniel. Currently studying @UCSD, I have many interests in Software Engineering, ML, and Data Science.

The biggest value I got from my degree is seeing how a lot of problems can be solved (or at least significantly improved) through software and automation. You'll notice a lot of my work is in building systems that reduce manual work, improve efficiency, or make better use of data. If you're a recruiter, I'm especially drawn to teams that value curiosity and finding new ways to increase productivity using technology. I also keep a long backlog of ideas ranging from startup concepts to personal tools aimed at reducing manual work.

I also enjoy hiking, movies, video games, and reading.

and finally here's a pic of me :)

Stuff I've built

across AI/ML Engineering, Software Development, and Data Science.

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  Career Wiki

  Implementation of Karpathy's LLM wiki idea for my career history. Single source of truth so AI can query it for tailored resumes, STAR stories, and interview prep

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  QwenMath

  QLoRA fine-tuned Qwen3-4B to improve math accuracy from 50.3% to 80.2% through chain-of-thought distillation, placing 3rd among 300+ students

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  Nightwing

  Autonomous self-exploring RC car with a YOLO model identifying and counting humans

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  Vehicle route optimization (Feeding San Diego)

  Web app for Feeding San Diego to optimize delivery vehicle routes to 400k+ people monthly

More Projects →

About this site

I deliberately built this site with minimal AI assistance, since I depend on AI for so much of my work these days. Call it an attempt to relearn the very basics of web development from scratch (and also remove that AI front-end look).

I also deliberately tried to keep it simple and optimized for performance and accessibility; no flashy animations or effects going on here. I set `max-width: 80ch;` to keep it readable. Built with Astro and TypeScript, hosted on Cloudflare Pages.