Ryan Polasky

★ About me!! _

HI!!! My name is Ryan Polasky and welcome to my home on the world wide web! I am a junior software engineer studying computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas (graduating May 2026).

I've been writing code since I was 12 and shipping it for Apple since 2024 - two summers in Cupertino on the Camera & Photos team, building LLM-powered developer tools that turn natural-language questions into SQL/NoSQL queries and shrink test triage time by ~98%. ♥

At UTD I lead the dev side of ACM, mentoring four junior devs through internships and helping run HackUTD - the largest collegiate hackathon in the country (1,200+ participants!!!).

I also write lo-fi piano in FL Studio (you can find me on Spotify as plasky!), maintain a public CS notes garden, and answer questions for Apple customers part-time as an At-Home Advisor (2× Excellence Award winner!!).

Languages: Python · TypeScript · Java · Go · SQL
Currently into: agentic systems · LLM observability · hand-rolled diagrammatic UIs
Looking for: a junior SWE role starting May 2026!
Fun fact: I once shipped 300+ healthcare-system devices in a single intake (department record).

Thanks for stopping by!! → Ryan ♥♥♥

⌬ My Kool Projects!!! [★]

Here are some of the kool things I've built. Click DOWNLOAD!! to check 'em out!

askdb — talk to your database

internal

A Python package plus chat interface translating natural language directly into data-accurate SQL & NoSQL queries.

Migrated services from Java 11 → JDK 21, designed AWS / GCP CI/CD, optimised an internal iOS log analyser to render thousands of events in real-time.

PythonFastAPIPostgresGCPLLMs

Apple Internalaccess required

ai-test-analysis — intelligent aggregator

internal

Classifies test failures, suggests root causes via multi-stage LLM analysis, exports unified bug reports with the right artifacts attached.

Slashed manual triage time by ~98%; integrated directly into the camera test pipeline.

PythonJenkinsLLMsApple · internal

Apple Internalaccess required

ryanos — a desktop on the web

live · v3.0

Answers the question - "what is Ryan up to?" Draggable widgets, dynamic ambient backgrounds, fluid animations across mobile + desktop.

ReactFastAPIFramer Motion

Visit live!status.ryanpolasky.com

notes — a digital garden for CS

evergreen

My entire UTD CS curriculum, in public. Notion as the canonical store, LaTeX for math, written for the next student behind me.

NotionLaTeXdocumentation

Read notesryanpolasky.com/notes

plasky — lo-fi, written slowly

since 2023

A hobbyist music project running since 2021; lo-fi piano composed by hand in FL Studio, published on streaming platforms since 2023.

FL Studiocompositionpiano

Listen ♪spotify · plasky

meteormate — a better roommate match

alpha · imminent

As Project Lead I'm architecting a full-stack matching platform for UTD students while mentoring junior devs - replacing the impersonal Google forms.

tech leadarchitectureFastAPIReact

View on GitHubacmutd/meteormate-backend

🔨 More to come!! this site is under construction · please excuse the dust

⚡ My 1337 Skillz [★★★]

Stuff I'm good at!!! · Star ratings are very scientific

Languages

Pythonexpert
TypeScriptsolid
Javasolid
Godabbling
SQLexpert

C++, Rust, Bash, a little Lua

Frameworks

FastAPIexpert
Reactsolid
Spring Bootsolid
SQLAlchemyexpert
Postgressolid

Next.js, Tailwind, Framer Motion, Pydantic

Cloud & DevOps

AWSsolid
GCPsolid
Dockerexpert
Jenkinssolid
gitexpert

CI/CD, Linux, observability stacks

Specialties

LLM toolingexpert
Backend systemsexpert
Test automationexpert
API designsolid
Mentorshipsolid

writing it down well, showing up, debugging at 3am

★ Where I've Been At! ▮

The guest log · 5 stops since 2021

2023 → present ~ 3 years ~

At-Home Advisor · Apple

Cupertino, CA · 2× Excellence Award (2024, 2025)

Sustained a 6.87% escalation rate through independent research and advanced troubleshooting - well below department average. Average call wrap time of 0.27 minutes; CSAT consistently +15% over the department.
2025 → present ~ ongoing ~

Development Lead · ACM at UTD

Dallas, TX · hackathon mentor · education mentor

Supported 1,200+ HackUTD participants over overnight shifts; debugged for sixty teams in the largest hackathon in the US. Lead a full-stack roommate platform (React + FastAPI + Postgres) while coaching juniors. Selected to mentor four underclassmen through internships.
May → Aug 2025 ~ summer ~

Camera API Test Automation · Apple

Cupertino, CA · intern

Automated parsing, grouping, and analysis of thousands of on-device tests with intelligent categorization. Integrated LLMs into test triage to slash manual investigation by ~98%. Unified bug-report formats for actionable communication.
Jun → Nov 2024 ~ autumn ~

WTE Tools Engineer · Apple

Cupertino, CA · camera & photos team

Built an LLM-powered chat interface and Python package to generate SQL/NoSQL from natural language. Migrated services from Java 11 → JDK 21, resolving security vulns. Designed AWS/GCP CI/CD; optimised an iOS log analyser to render thousands of events in real-time.
2021 - 2022 ~ summers ~

IT Intern · Altru Health System

Grand Forks, ND · healthcare IT

Repaired, imaged, and deployed hundreds of machines for healthcare-system expansion. Handled urgent hardware deliveries; set the department intake record at 300+ devices during high-demand periods.

✉ Email Me!!! [♥♥♥]

Wanna say hi? Sign my guestbook below or shoot me an email at the address on the right!