About me

Hi, Thanks for checking out my website! My name is Nathaniel Good and I am pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science at UC Santa Cruz (expected June 2027). I use this website to share my technical experiences, write-ups on personal projects, and notes on what I'm learning.

News

  • 2026-09: Started network traffic anonymization research with Professor Ram Sundara Raman at UCSC.
  • 2026-07: Started a log classification and attack detection research project with Sergio Valderrama at UCSC.
  • 2026-03: CCDC team placed 5th in Regionals.
  • 2026-03: Accepted into UCSC's 4+1 Masters Program!
  • 2026-02: Our CCDC team placed 5th in Qualifiers and advanced to Regionals (March 27-29).
  • 2025-12: Wrapped up MITRE_CMD_GEN, my automated MITRE ATT&CK command-generation pipeline.
  • 2025-10: Joined UCSC's CCDC team for the 2025-2026 season.
  • 2025-03: Released initial version of Slug Events, a crowdsourced local events platform for Santa Cruz.
  • 2024-06: Began my Data Analyst internship at AppCensus.
  • 2024-06: Started building Splitify, a Spotify playlist clustering project.
  • 2023-09: Completed GSoC at mitmproxy, shipped HAR import/export support.
  • 2023-06: Project proposal for GSoC at mitmproxy accepted!
  • 2022-09: Started my Computer Science B.S. at UC Santa Cruz.
  • 2021-05: Joined Good Research as a Junior Data Scientist.