Mayaz Rakib
I'm a computer scientist from Sydney, Australia. I work on data engineering, econometrics, quantitative finance, and AI/ML.
Projects
- Alekhine: A research chess engine in Rust, combining alpha-beta search, policy-guided exploration, and incremental neural evaluation.
- Chessboard: A framework-independent chessboard with legal moves, annotations, PGN replay, and accessible pointer, touch, and keyboard controls.
- Gambit: A local chess analysis and tutoring server. Connects an AI tutor to Stockfish, opening knowledge, and persistent learning history through MCP.
Writing
- Outliving Yourself.: On the life that continued without you.
- How to Get Rich 101.: A comprehensive guide to financial independence.
- To Fight Your Other Half Is To Fight Yourself.: There is no victory where half of humanity loses.
- For Now, Stay.: On the lives we hold in one another, and why despair cannot measure what would be lost.
- The Kingdom Of God Is Within You.: On the human, the divine, and the illusion of their separation.