I'm Yash Gulati, a Computer Engineering student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. My background is a bit unconventional—I spent five years as a freelance web developer before starting college, building everything from NFT platforms to startup websites. That experience taught me not just how to code, but how to deliver products that work.

Now at UIUC, I'm studying robotics, machine learning, and embedded systems. The transition from pure software to hardware-software integration has been fascinating—taking what I learned in web development and applying it to physical systems and understanding how code interacts with the real world.

I'm drawn to projects at the intersection of software and the physical world—whether that's autonomous systems, sustainable technology, or tools that genuinely improve how we interact with technology. Still exploring where I'll specialize, but that's part of the journey.