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nicholas-tao/README.md

Hi there 👋

I'm Nicholas, a software engineer based in New York City.

I recently (2025) graduated from the University of Waterloo, where I studied Computer Science 💻 🇨🇦

🛠 Currently...

  • Discovering cool spots in NYC
  • Making memes on Youtube
  • Playing lots of pickleball

🚢 Previously...

  • Did some cool stuff at Cockroach Labs (feel free to ask me about this)
  • Handled crypto payments at ETHGlobal
  • Built 1-on-1 tutoring features at Outschool
  • Worked on data infrastructure at Kiavi
  • Made developer's lives better at Wealthsimple
  • Shipped growth features at Faire

🔭 Some things I've worked on ...

  • Wave Chat, a platform that connects first-year university students
  • ApplyAI, a web app that automates the job-hunting process
  • Lynz, a web app that tracks how busy nearby grocery stores are

📫 Find me here...

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  1. cockroachdb/cockroach cockroachdb/cockroach Public

    CockroachDB — the cloud native, distributed SQL database designed for high availability, effortless scale, and control over data placement.

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  2. Wave-Chat Wave-Chat Public

    Wave is a web platform that connects incoming first-year university students from the same university. By placing users in one-on-one chats with other students who are either in their program or sh…

    JavaScript 2 3

  3. nicholas-tao.github.io nicholas-tao.github.io Public

    My personal website

    TypeScript 1

  4. apply-ai-frontend apply-ai-frontend Public

    ApplyAI finds and applies to jobs based on your resume, making job hunting easy.

    HTML 27 2

  5. microsoft/calculator microsoft/calculator Public

    Windows Calculator: A simple yet powerful calculator that ships with Windows

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