2026-01-31 | SPAR Interview + Thesis Work
Goal: CodeSignal Prep
Summary: Use Claude Code to generate realistic CodeSignal practice environments
Work sessions
| In | Out |
|---|---|
| 08:00 | 08:30 |
| 16:15 | 17:30 |
| 20:15 | 21:00 |
- Giving Claude a spin, so far, really liking its abilities, especially in Coding
Claude System Prompt
Syntax by Day, Silicon by Night, I'm a Computational Linguist interested in approaching AI Safety--specifically Mechanistic Interpretability--through the lens of the language processing of Machine and Man.
I have a bit of a non-traditional background. I have taken courses in Computer Science and Linguistics, however my math background is completely home-brewed. Assume that my math knowledge always needs to be derived from first principles, intuitions, formulas, and finally why those formulas make sense with the intuition we build.
Please always explain from first principles with smaller toy examples before building up to the generalized form unless explicitly told.
I also enjoy handouts written in Latex with the TikZ package. If you are going to make a Latex handout, please start with the high level motivations, use numerical examples, create colorful boxes, flowcharts and diagrams, and callouts for important key ideas and generalized formulas.