Khanh Van.
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Software engineer · Applied AI

twok-teks / Khanh Van

Practical software.
Thoughtful engineering.

I’m Khanh, a software engineer at State Farm.
I build backend systems and applied AI.

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BUILDING AT STATE FARM
M.S. Computer Science
UT Austin · Expected 2027

01 / SELECTED WORK

Built to be useful.

All projects
GitGuide home page introducing its visual Git learning experience
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Start with a visual path through Git.
01 / AI learning product2026

GitGuide

A visual Git course with a browser sandbox, guided missions, and an AI companion.

13 visual lessons · 8 missions · AI help when you get stuck

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • isomorphic-git
  • Groq
Case study Try it Code
Fall Foliage prediction app location and weather input screen
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Location and weather inputs feed the prediction pipeline.
02 / Applied machine learning2025

Fall Foliage

A machine learning app that estimates fall-color timing from weather and daylight inputs.

17 locations · 3 foliage stages · weather-based estimates

  • Python
  • scikit-learn
  • Flask
  • pandas
Case study Try it Code
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Browse the complete 26-page research report.
03 / AI reliability research2026

When LLMs get it wrong

A four-model hallucination benchmark and a lightweight response-level detector.

93.3% held-out accuracy · 892 responses · 4 LLMs

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Transformers
  • scikit-learn
Case study Code Paper

02 / EXPERIENCE

Engineering in practice.

Full experience
Mar 2026 – Present

State Farm

Software Engineer II

  • Built policy APIs handling ~1M requests per day.
  • Architected a multi-source RAG system for context-aware answers across internal engineering documentation.
Jun 2025 – Mar 2026

Paycom

Software Developer II

  • Reduced scheduling bugs and errors by ~30% through stronger validation.
  • Expanded automated workflow tests and release confidence.
Jun 2024 – Sep 2024

Alkami Technology

Software Engineer Intern

  • Built a rule-based, ML-augmented service with over 90% detection accuracy.
  • Connected PostgreSQL and REST APIs to fraud-alert workflows.

03 / THE PERSON

Khanh, a.k.a.
twok-teks.

“twok” comes from The Wrath of Khan. My seventh-grade art teacher suggested it, I thought it sounded cool, and it stayed. “teks” is my nod to technology.

The story behind the name

04 / Research

Research

05 / Education

Education

Expected May 2027

The University of Texas at Austin

M.S. · Computer Science

May 2025

The University of Texas at Dallas

B.S. · Collegium V Honors · Computer Science