Arnav Kakani

Hi there. I'm a high school senior from Dublin, California who does computer science, system administration, penetration testing, and AI research. I use MacOS and Linux as daily driver operating systems.

My tech stack

• - Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Swift, C++, Java
• - React, Vite, Next.js, Tailwind
• - FastAPI, Supabase, Firebase
• - PyTorch and Hugging Face for LLM research
• - ESP32 and embedded hardware
• - System administration and penetration testing
• - macOS, Linux (Mint, Debian, Arch, Ubuntu, Kali)

Featured

• I tried to catch a language model making a math mistake. My first accepted paper is about why it did not work.

  Published:Oct 4, 2026 |  at 03:30 PM

  My MATH-AI workshop paper at NeurIPS 2026 tests whether drift in a language model's hidden state can flag and fix math errors mid-solution. It does neither, and getting to that answer taught me more than a positive result would have.

Recent Posts

• Giving Dear Future Me a voice at the VoiceOS hackathon

  Published:Aug 11, 2026 |  at 01:00 AM

  At the VoiceOS hackathon we turned Dear Future Me from a website with forms into an iPhone app you just talk to. VoiceOS has changed how I work since.

• HAVEN, an offline wearable for unhoused people, at Milpitas Hacks 2026

  Published:Jun 15, 2026 |  at 01:00 AM

  At Milpitas Hacks 2026 I built HAVEN, a cheap mesh-networked watch that shows nearby shelter information with no internet, detects falls, and calls for help.

• Trajectory at BISV Hacks 2026

  Published:Mar 10, 2026 |  at 01:00 AM

  We built Trajectory, a personalized learning platform, at BISV Hacks 2026. We did not win, and it was still one of the most fun builds I have done.

• Running AeroHacks twice

  Published:Mar 7, 2026 |  at 08:00 PM

  I co-founded AeroHacks at Emerald High School and have led it two years in a row, once in 10th grade and once in 11th. We have offered $14k in prizes to 140+ student participants, and it was really fun both times.