I'm Williamfaith Obi — physicist, creative technologist, R&D leader, and aspiring AI engineer. I'm learning by shipping, building to advance science, and believing that the best way to master something is to break it, fix it, and ship it again.
ask me about my work at Bar-Time Debrief
Learn. Code. Ship. Repeat.
After leading R&D at an animation studio, I'm diving deep into AI engineering — not by passively watching tutorials, but by actually building things. My philosophy: the fastest way to learn is to commit to shipping early, shipping often, and shipping without permission.
Current project: vibecoded-slop — A sandbox for rapid AI experimentation and shipping.
- 📽️ Former R&D Lead - Animation studio, creative innovation, impossible problems
- 💼 Multi-hyphenate - Project manager, fundraiser, grant writer, storyteller, strategist
- 🎓 Physicist at Heart - Deep fascination with how the world works; building to advance science is my North Star
- 🌍 Community Builder - Founder of BarTime Debrief — intellectual nightlife in Lagos where experts, researchers, and entrepreneurs share ideas over drinks
Willie always finds a way, He never lets the ball drop.
Focus Areas (in order of intensity):
- 🔬 Machine Learning — Core fundamentals, algorithms, practical applications
- 👁️ Computer Vision — Teaching machines to see and understand visual data
- 📝 Natural Language Processing — Language models, understanding, generation
- ✨ Generative AI — The exciting frontier of creativity meets computation
Learning Strategy:
- Following: Andrej Karpathy, Andrew Ng, DeepLearning.AI
- My suggestion for you? Add Jeremy Howard (Fast.ai) — he emphasizes top-down learning, practical projects first, theory second. Perfect for your "ship it" mentality.
- Also following: Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, Hugging Face team for cutting-edge work
The Current Approach: Speed > polish in this phase.
From My Animation & Leadership Days:
- ✍️ Communication - Can explain complex AI concepts clearly (technical writing, grant proposals, storytelling)
- 🧠 Strategic Thinking - Breaking impossible problems into solvable pieces
- 👥 Leadership & Execution - Getting things done with limited resources
- 💰 Fundraising Mindset - Resourceful, problem-solving, making do with what you have
- 🎯 Delivery - No excuses mentality; finding solutions even when the skill/knowledge isn't mine
Building Now:
- 🐍 Python, ML frameworks
- 🔬 Physics-informed machine learning
- 🎨 AI for creative applications
Why This Matters:
I'm deeply interested in technology for good — AI, space exploration, R&D that pushes humanity forward. My dream? Building at the intersection of physics, AI, and innovation. Working at one of Elon's companies someday (SpaceX, Tesla, xAI) would be incredible.
But first, I'm shipping. Fast. Often. Learning by doing.
- Donating:
OR
- Getting me an meeting with Elon or SpaceX exec! (or another builder really) OR
- finding me a girlfriend (🤭toodles)
- 🎹 Piano player — Jazz mostly, but all over the place
- ♟️ Chess enthusiast — Enjoy the game theory and long-term strategy
- 🎮 Gamer — Call of Duty, Battlefield, FIFA (competitive spirit)
- 🍹 BarTime Debrief Founder — Hosting intellectual conversations in Lagos nightlife (check it out!)
- 🚀 Physics nerd — Always thinking about how things work
vibecoded-slop A forward-thinking sandbox for shipping AI experiments fast. No overthinking. Just code, learn, ship.
More coming soon — watch this space.
Or find me hosting intellectual debates at BarTime Debrief in Lagos 🍹
Build. Ship. Learn. Repeat.
Perfection is the enemy of progress. The best way to learn is to commit publicly, ship fast, and iterate based on reality.
Building the future. One shipped project at a time. 🚀
P.S. — If you know someone interesting for me (professionally OR otherwise 😂), let me know!