Faris Allafi
@farisallafi
Independent researcher building non-autoregressive language models and custom blockchains. 13 years old, Dubai-based. Published work on diffusion-based LLMs with Mamba-2 SSMs. Shipping code since age 6.
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About Me
I'm Faris, a 13-year-old Jordanian- American independent researcher based in the UAE; working at the intersection of deep learning and systems design.
What I do:
I build things that shouldn't work but do. My current focus is DIMBA; a diffusion-based language model that generates text in parallel using Mamba-2 state space models instead of the usual transformer + autoregressive approach. The goal is 10-100x faster inference on consumer hardware.
Background:
- Started coding at 6, got serious about ML/blockchain a few years ago
- Working on Ghost blockchain from scratch in Rust using Substrate—custom hybrid PoW/PoS consensus with post-quantum signatures
- Published research on DIMBA architecture and theoretical framework for ultra-fast inference
- Active in ML research communities, contribute to open source tooling
Philosophy:
I believe the most interesting work happens when you question fundamental assumptions. "Language models must be autoregressive" and "you need attention for long-range dependencies" are assumptions worth challenging.
Current status:
Solo researcher, pre-funding, building on nights and weekends. Contributing to open source.
Reach me:
github.com/devnull37
Projects
DIMBA: Non-Autoregressive Diffusion Language Model with Mamba-2 SSMs
pending admin approval