Thijs Simonian
full-stack developer • maker • student @ stanford
Hey there!
I'm Thijs, a maker and 
Stanford student from 🌁 San Francisco.
I want to learn how the world works behind the scenes.
For fun, I go on long bike rides and build lights tech for parties/concerts.
Here are the coolest things I've done:
- 💬 Worked at Discord in high school as the youngest employee.
- 🐛 Earned a $100,000 bug-bounty for discovering a major security vulnerability in REDACTED.
- 🤖 Built Truth or Dare — One of the largest Discord bots used by 1.6 million communities (~16 million people).
- 🎬 Built Video Arena — The largest preference eval for generative video models.
- 🎤 Interviewed Sam Altman at TreeHacks 2026.
Blog
6/9/26
Hacking Stanford
How a finals-week distraction exposed where 23,000+ Stanford students live.
1/11/25
Why I Started a Shell Company
The sketchiest way to transfer ownership of a PayPal account.
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Projects
2025
Countdown Timer
2,352-LED matrix display for TreeHacks
2023
SF Backgammon
SF-themed backgammon board.
2023
ParkML
Parking sign reader for driverless cars.
2023
MuniLines Bag
Transit data art tote bag.
2022
Topo-Transit
Map with live SF train positions.
2024
Together Bench
Gravity brings people together.
2023
Matrix Shirt
280-LED light up outfit.
2023
Glowing Tie
Glowing LED tie for prom.
2022
TodoInky
E-ink to-do list.
2022
Skill Icons
Embeddable skill badges for GitHub.
2020
Truth or Dare
A Discord bot in 1.3 million communities.
2018
ChannelBot
A utility Discord bot.