welcome!

Hey! My name is Nick Young, and this is my website.

I work on query optimization at Databricks, with a focus on data pruning and planner infrastructure.

I studied math and computer science at Brown University, where I helped build and run courses on databases and applied cryptography.

On the side, I boil broth, mix concoctions, lift objects, hit shuttlecocks, send betas, and blunder queens. Feel free to talk to me about any of those things.

If you're looking for my writing, here's my Substack. If you're looking for my bar menu, check out bar.n-young.me. If you're looking for a good time, click here.

tldrs

• ■TLDR Bartending
• ■TLDR Concurrent Master's

minibooks

• ■Minibook Databases Minibook
• ■Minibook Cryptography Minibook

links

• ■Paper Literature Review: Making Multiparty Computation Industry-Viable for Data Processing and Retrieval
• ■Paper TRustDB: A Time Series Database for High-Cardinality, Multivariate Data