B.S. Computer Science @ University at Buffalo · Dec 2026
Computer science student building full-stack software — and counting down to the next Knicks tip-off or Giants kickoff.
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Teams
4+
Projects
Full Stack
Focus
What I'm focused on at the moment.
School
Spring 2026 — B.S. CS @ UB, TA for CSE 305 (Programming Languages in OCaml)
Building
Application development at IBM + full-stack features at Finta (TypeScript, React, OpenAI)
Gym
Weightlifting — strength training and chasing PRs
Watching
Knicks playoff push & Giants offseason moves
Code, gym, and everything in between.
Featured Project
An interpreter for a statically-typed functional language with lexical scoping, closures, recursion, and higher-order functions — plus a static type checker for type safety.
GitHub
@manafis
Repos, contributions, and open source.
In the Gym
5x / week
Weightlifting — strength training and chasing PRs
Sports
🏀 Knicks · 🏈 Giants
Knicks playoff push & Giants offseason moves
Tech Stack
Developer, student, and someone who never sits still for long.
I'm a Computer Science student at the University at Buffalo with hands-on experience shipping production software. At Finta, I work on full-stack features with TypeScript and React — optimizing backend performance, building AI-driven fundraising tools, and iterating fast in a startup environment.
Starting May 2026, I'm an Application Developer Intern at IBM, where I'll be building and maintaining enterprise applications. I'm also a Teaching Assistant for CSE 305 (Programming Languages), leading OCaml recitations on functional programming, type systems, and interpreter design.
Die-hard Knicks and Giants fan. When I'm not coding, you'll find me weightlifting, building PCs, or watching the next game.
Tools and technologies I work with.
Internships and roles where I learned by building.
IBM
May 2026 – Present · Buffalo, NY
Building and maintaining enterprise applications as part of IBM's application development team.
Finta
Jan 2026 – Present · Buffalo, NY
Building production full-stack features at a venture capital deal-room startup in a fast-paced environment.
University at Buffalo
Spring 2026 – Present · Buffalo, NY
Supporting students in a course focused on functional programming and interpreter design in OCaml.
Empathy Engineer
May 2024 – Aug 2024 · New York, NY
Co-founded a nonprofit using AI to create an accessible mental health chatbot and managed org finances.
Sports, gym, and the things that keep me going outside of a terminal.
Orange and blue forever. Locked in for every tip-off at MSG and the playoff runs.
Big Blue through and through — game days, draft season, and the rivalry.
Strength training in the gym — chasing PRs and staying consistent.
Hands-on with PC builds — picking parts, assembling rigs, and optimizing setups.
Gaming with friends — from competitive matches to exploring new titles.
Deep knowledge of computers, TVs, and tech products from time at Best Buy.
Things I've built — from side projects to internship work.
An interpreter for a statically-typed functional language with lexical scoping, closures, recursion, and higher-order functions — plus a static type checker for type safety.
AI chatbot prototype leveraging OpenAI APIs to simulate structured virtual therapy conversations, with custom prompt workflows for better contextual accuracy.
Graph-based route planner implementing BFS and Dijkstra's algorithms to compute shortest paths, with adjacency list structures for efficient memory usage.
Byte-shifting encoder/decoder for securely transforming user messages for transmission and storage, with real-time server-side decoding.
Scientific calculator built with the State design pattern to eliminate conditional branching, enabling clean extension of mathematical operations.
Open to internships, collaborations, or just saying hi.
Interested in working together? Feel free to reach out — whether it's about code, projects, or pickup basketball.