It me.
Hi, I'm Luke.
Born in China. Raised in Australia. Building in America.
I'm a tinkerer at heart—I love understanding how things work and creating something new. From 3D printing prototypes to building custom mechanical keyboards, I find joy in bringing ideas to life with my hands.
Code is my favorite medium. There's something magical about turning thoughts into programs that solve real problems.
Competed for my Australian high school chess team. The game taught me to think several moves ahead—a skill I apply to engineering every day.
I'm an explorer at heart. I took a year and a half break to travel the world, exploring most of Southeast Asia. On another journey, I discovered much of Europe. Travel feeds my curiosity and reminds me there's always something new to learn.
Always learning • Always building • Always curious
Didero
Head of Engineering
What I'm Building
Leading engineering for AI agents that automate source-to-pay workflows
Impact
87% time savings $1.4M avg savings 18 days to automation
Mission
Human strategy, executed by AI—transforming procurement from manual to magical
Technical Lead
- •Two-Factor Authentication: Enhanced security infrastructure protecting billions of user accounts
- •Lending Marketplace: Built platform enabling SMBs to access funding through Facebook's ecosystem
- •Instagram NFT Marketplace: Pioneered creator economy features allowing posts to be minted as NFTs
Procore
Engineering Manager • Construction Tech
Led product initiatives for Cost Tracker, ensuring projects stayed on time, within budget, and with visibility
Shadow Financial Systems
Software Engineer • Financial Technology
Led development of next-generation financial infrastructure and trading systems
Education
Rutgers University
Bachelor of Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Reading List
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
The Coaching Habit
Michael Bungay Stanier
The Manager's Path
Camille Fournier
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Good to Great
Jim Collins
Languages
CS:GO
Dota 2
Diablo 2
Games
Algorithm
BFS Approach:
- Add starting cell to queue
- Dequeue cell from front
- Color cell & mark visited
- Enqueue valid neighbors
- Repeat until queue empty
I love teaching through visualizations!
Visit Ostralyan.com for more.
Flood Fill
Click any cell to flood fill • Auto-fills every 2.5 seconds
Try to beat my trained AI
Your turn (X)
Method: Q-Learning with self-play reinforcement learning
• Agent learns by playing against itself and various opponents
• Each game position and action gets a Q-value (expected future reward)
• After games end, assigns credit to all moves: +1 for wins, -1 for losses, 0.5 for draws
• Q-values update based on outcomes, gradually learning which moves lead to victory
Training Process:
• 500k+ games with ε-greedy exploration (balance exploring vs exploiting)
• Start with random moves (ε=1.0) to explore all possibilities
• Gradually reduce randomness (ε→0.01) to refine optimal strategy
• Opponents progress: Random → Q-agents → Minimax (perfect play)
Welcome to my Adventures
