Luca Paliska
Hey! I'm Luca. I've loved programming since I was a kid. I'm a big fan of hackathons (LA Hacks, Tree Hacks, Cal Hacks) and specialize in back-end development. I've daily-driven linux for a few years, and am using NixOS at the moment. I am deeply interested in the applications of machine learning and am currently exploring world models. Feel free to look at my projects and blog!

Projects

Oct 2025 - Now
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NixOS Dotfiles

OS Linux Nvim Dotfiles

My complete NixOS setup managed via flakes and home-manager, publicly available. Contains dotfiles of nixos, hyprland, and neovim. Currently working on creating light-weight flakes for faster server development and deployment.

Feb 2025
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Tradelingo

Stanford 2025 Backend Python Qiskit RAG

AI-powered financial education platform that integrates Quantum Computing Algorithms and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to make stock predictions and provide tailored advice.

Apr 2025
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AERIS

UCLA 2025 Award Winning Backend Python YOLOv8

Autonomous Emergency Response & Intelligence System: Locates victims of disasters needing urgent care using autonomous drone navigation and a custom YOLOv8 model. Won the $500 Groq multimodal AI award by utilizing the DAIN agentic AI platform.

March 2026 - June 2026
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189G VLM Final Project

VLM Pytorch Qwen

Final project for my Large Foundational Models class. Worked in a team to preemptively detect visual hallucinations of a VLM by observing hidden state activations.