## About Hello, my name is Nicolas. I'm a computer science student at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating in 2027. My primary interests are in distributed systems and database internals. I currently work as a Software Engineering Intern at [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/). > *Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival* > *— Octavio Paz * ## Personal I've lived in Austin, TX my whole life. In my free time, I enjoy watching sports, playing ping-pong, and reading. I'm currently working through [Database Internals](https://www.databass.dev/) by Alex Petrov, and most recently read [Rust Atomics and Locks](https://marabos.nl/atomics/) by Mara Bos. Another large portion of my reading is research papers - most of which can be (broadly) categorized as systems papers. I have an ever-growing bookmarks folder from where I choose what to read. I find papers in many places - from social media to scouring [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/list/cs.DB/recent) to the references sections in books I read. ## Contact Github: [nicolasgarza](https://github.com/nicolasgarza) LinkedIn: [nicolas-garza](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-garza/) Leetcode: [nicolascode](https://leetcode.com/u/nicolascode/) Email: nicolas (dot) garza @ utexas (dot) edu Discord: nnnicolas