Hey there! I'm Ryan Polasky, a junior software engineer & a fourth-year student at UT Dallas, graduating May 2026.
I had an amazing opportunity to intern with a couple of incredible teams at Apple, namely the Wireless Tech & Ecosystems team as well as Camera & Photos. My main goal was to make engineering workflows faster and more efficient, primarily using AI and improving existing tools.
Some cool things I worked on include:
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🤖 Putting LLMs to work: On both teams I was the initial forawy into using Large Language Models to solve real-world problems. I built a Python-based chat tool that writes, executes, & summarizes results from SQL/NoSQL given plain English queries. I also used LLMs to automate root-cause analysis for camera tests. The result was wild: I cut manual investigation time by 4,800%.
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🛠️ Java Migration: I got to migrate a bunch of internal servers from Java 11 to JDK 21 (squashing a ton of security vulnerabilities along the way) and set up CI/CD pipelines in AWS/GCP to make deployments way less stressful.
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📱 iOS App Optimization: There was an internal log analysis app that needed a performant real-time log view screen, so I created one using the MVVM pattern and got it to handle thousands of events in real-time with virtually no lag (shoutout lazy updating).
I'm always eager to connect, so feel free to reach me at [email protected] or at my socials below!
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