Andrew Pareles

Software Engineer · Building developer tools & AI products

Summary

Engineer focused on pragmatic, fast product work. I like small teams, short feedback loops, and shipping. Currently building Void, an open-source AI code editor. Previously built Glass and co-founded DeriveIt; earlier, applied research at Johns Hopkins APL.

Experience

Founder · Void (Glass Devtools, Inc.)

2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA

Open-source AI code editor and Cursor alternative; fork of VS Code with native model + tool integrations and privacy-friendly architecture.

  • Built editor features like Chat, Quick Edit, and Agent/Gather modes; support for local and frontier LLMs.
  • Shipped installers and community releases; led open-source roadmap and Discord community.

Founder · Glass

2023 — 2024 · San Francisco, CA

AI copilot for React/Next.js development; in-browser editing, click-to-code, and Tailwind assistance. Glass later became part of Void.

Co‑founder · DeriveIt

2023 — 2024 · New York, NY

Built a site to help students learn algorithms quickly and prepare for FAANG interviews; used in classes at top universities.

Member of Technical Staff · Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL)

2022 — 2023 · Laurel, MD

Led a project estimating resources required to run a quantum computer; conducted statistics research (beta-distribution assumption testing) that resulted in a paper.

Selected Projects

  • Reelers.io — multiplayer io game with websockets and custom physics. source
  • 3DTest — 3D renderer built from scratch using derived projection math. source
  • Crystals & Dislocations — Mathematica/Wolfram tools for simulating crystal Hamiltonians and band structures. source
  • scope-tailwind — tool to scope Tailwind CSS and avoid style leakage. source

Writing

  • "UNIX forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer" — blog

Education

B.S. Computer Science, Cornell University · Minors in Physics and Mathematics (2017–2021)

Skills

TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node.js, Python, Java, Mathematica (Wolfram), CUDA, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, Tailwind CSS, VS Code extension dev, LLM tooling