Tell us a bit about what you’re working on right now.

Right now I work at Browserbase. I spend most of my time on Stagehand, our framework for interacting with the browser via natural language. You can think of Browserbase as the infrastructure, and Stagehand is the layer that helps you talk to it.

I started out just contributing to Stagehand as an open-source project. I made a couple PRs-typed some of the messier code and added cross-platform compatibility. That got me a DM from Ani, who invited me to go deeper into the project.

Eventually, I proposed a bunch of features: session replay, observability, things that helped me debug what I was building. These days, my work is around integrations, hooking Stagehand into other platforms like MCPs or Exa.

What got you into engineering and open source?

Honestly, I just wanted to solve a problem. I didn’t have a MacBook, and Stagehand didn’t work well on Windows - so I fixed it. That’s it.

I think a lot of people contribute to open source for clout, but for me it was always about curiosity. I didn’t even enjoy coding at first - I just liked building stuff. I liked sending my friends little demos I made. That was the spark.

Did you teach yourself how to code?

Yeah. It actually started with sneakers.

I was watching YouTube videos about side hustles and stumbled across a guy reselling shoes. That took me into Discord “cook groups” for sneaker drops. Eventually I met people botting sites, and I thought - wait, I should try this.

My mom’s a software engineer, so I asked her how to start. She showed me C#. I started building sneaker bots in Visual Studio with drag-and-drop UIs, automating things like Nike and Walmart checkouts.

Eventually, I pivoted to dev tools for sneaker bots. My first tool was called FlurryGen - it generated accounts for raffle entries. That made me around $80K before I sold it. I was 16.

At what point did you start to take coding seriously?

It happened when I wanted to apply to internships. Everyone kept saying, “Make a portfolio.” So one night I just opened my laptop, googled how to build a React site, and went from there.

The site was terrible - but I deployed it, sent it to people, and realized: this is powerful. I already knew HTML from messing around before. React was just the next step. It clicked for me that night.

What’s been the most exciting part about working at Browserbase?

The people. Everyone here is cracked.

I’m learning how to sell better, manage better, build better - just from watching. Folks came from Vercel, Netflix, Lux. One guy built the whole video replay system. Another came from infra. Paul’s an ex-founder. You can’t not learn in a place like this.

Do you think you’ll start your own company?

Eventually, yeah. But only if I find a problem that I’m uniquely suited to solve - something that keeps me up at night.

I think attaching my name to something successful like Stagehand will matter. I want to ship things people actually use. The users we have today - like Stripe and Clay - those are real logos. That’s impact.

Any advice for someone trying to break in - especially from college?

Put yourself out there. Consistently.

When I was at Rutgers, no one around me was talking startups. But the key is to ship things. Post on Twitter. Post on YouTube. Build something and send it to your friends. Make stuff in the world. That’s how people find you.

Where do you find inspiration?

Honestly, I just look around. Dribbble, Twitter, whatever people are sharing that’s actually working. The key is to validate where you’re taking inspiration from. Find the people doing the thing well - and learn from them.

What’s something in tech you’re most excited about?

Agents. Especially consumer agents.

Right now, ChatGPT is the closest thing we have to AI for normal people - but it still feels like a tool, not a sidekick. I think no one has nailed the form factor for everyday use yet.

It’s like we’re waiting for the iPhone moment, but for agents. What’s the app that gets your mom or your cousin to use an LLM every day? That’s the question. And that’s what I want to build.

Final thoughts?

I’ve always said I was building AI agents before AI was cool.

Now I just want to find the right way to bring that power to everyone else.