Hi, I'm Brian. Thanks for visiting. I'm a software engineer. Here's what I've been up to lately.
Latest Project
Solving Gobblet Gobblers: Building a 20-Million Position Tablebase
Gobblet Gobblers is a tic-tac-toe variant with a stacking mechanic, marketed as a children’s game (ages 5+). I solved the game, built a 20-million position tablebase, and deployed a web UI for exploring optimal play.
Latest Writing
Inside Chinese Pinyin: What 79,000+ Sentences Reveal
Analyzing 1,161 unique pinyin syllables from 79,704 Chinese sentences reveals surprising patterns about tones, polyphonic characters, and what learners actually encounter.