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My focus for Semester 1, 2026.
Living documentation of my Master's journey.

Last updated: Feb 5, 2026

Academic Dashboard

COMP90024
Distributed Systems

The Goal: Moving beyond "it works on my machine". Mastering consistency models (Linearizability), consensus (Raft/Paxos), and fault tolerance.

My Comment:

"Testing with Maelstrom is a game changer. I plan to implement a simplified version of MapReduce this month."

Capstone
Software Project

The Goal: Delivering a production-grade system. My team is building an "Autonomous DevOps Agent" platform.

My Comment:

"Finally, a chance to apply my OpenClaw experience to a formal project. Focusing on the 'Security Sandbox' module."

ISYS90039
Digital Impacts

The Goal: Analyzing the ethical, social, and legal implications of AI and Big Data.

My Comment:

"Technically easy, but philosophically hard. Writing a paper on 'AI Bias in Hiring Systems'."

ISYS90051
Digital Innovation

The Goal: Technopreneurship. Validating product ideas and understanding market fit.

My Comment:

"Learning that code is the easy part. Selling the solution is the hard part."

Side Quests

Building OpenClaw

Refining the local agent framework. Currently working on:

  • Safe Sandboxing: Preventing agents from running rm -rf /.
  • MCP Support: Implementing the Model Context Protocol.

Input / Output

Reading list:

Designing Data-Intensive ApplicationsChip WarSystem Design Interview