Identity
January 31, 2026 • What makes us human?
readH A P P Y T A T O E S
is a combination of "happy" and "potatoes."
unfortunately for potato-lovers, this website has very little to do with potatoes and much more to do with the writing and projects of
noah everest wong
(that's me!)
so who am I?
1. Freshman at the University of Texas at Austin studying Computer Science.
2. Regional SOC Analyst in Training and Developer Fellow at LHD.
3. Huge Nerd who's diving into Systems, Security, and ML right now.
4. Guy with a Nifty Website.
feel free to dive into my projects and writing to learn more, and thanks for checking out my website!
peace out, noah
Writing
It Doesn’t Matter How You Say It
January 23, 2026 • Does tone make LLMs more dangerous?
readProjects
Penny
Penny makes financial advice cuter than ever! Penny uses Gemini API to analyze financial data and generate financial tips based on the specifics of the data. Built for HackTX with Heather Kim, Avery Allen, and Isaac Fleitas.
see code
Echoes
The Ephemeral Social Media Site. This full-stack project was designed with Supabase, SQL, Google Auth, and vanilla JS. It includes a multi-layered hate speech filter and auto-deletion function. Over 1200 posts and 40 users!
try it out!
Babble
Custom language models. Experimental LLM project based on a tutorial by Andrej Karpathy. I built a language model from scratch and implemented self-attention using his tutorial. Users input custom datasets and get custom language models based on their writing styles.
Eco Empire
Eco Empire challenges players to manage a virtual power plant, balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability.
try it out! see code
Brainrot Button
Take control of your brainrot. Tired of getting dopamine hits from infinite scroll apps? Use the brainrot button: a fun app built with Node, Express, and Node.
try it out! see code
To-do List
Organize your life. Simple frontend to-do list built with HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript. Includes add, edit, and delete functions.
try it out! see code
Lucky App
What are the chances? With this application, flip a coin, roll some dice, or access the weather via an API. This application was my first experience using Android Studio, Java, and XML to design and create an Android application.
Dino App
Prehistoric information, modern interface. This was my first experiment with Swift and iOS application development. With help from tutorial by Sean Allen, I set up Xcode and built the framework of my application. After that, I added a prehistoric twist and some relevant dino info.
Rock Paper Scissors
Simple project with JavaScript logic and website development. Play against a “bot” that uses a random number generator.
try it out! see code
Font Tester
Simple website that taught me JavaScript basics. Only works with HTML font families such as Helvetica and Times New Roman.
try it out! see code