Hi, I'm Umer, a CS and math student at DePauw University.
I like building systems where I can measure what happened: a concurrent cache with a benchmark harness, a retrieval pipeline with a 100-question eval, an open-source contribution to Open Policy Agent's Java SDK.
- shardcache: concurrent key-value cache server in C++20. Lock-striped LRU shards, 5.8x the throughput of a single global lock at 8 threads.
- RetrieveAI: question answering over research papers with hybrid retrieval, cited answers, and a reproducible evaluation.
- java-opa-sdk: contributions to the Open Policy Agent Java SDK.
- MindFirst: a Chrome extension, website, and desktop app for using AI without losing the habit of thinking.
You can find more on my portfolio at umerhammad.com or on my LinkedIn.
I welcome any feedback or critique on my projects, profile, or website.

