Instigate Cafe
A collective of software and hardware engineers building projects, sharing knowledge, and growing through real-world experience.
Who We Are
Instigate Cafe is a close-knit group of software and hardware engineers brought together through university, collaboration, and a shared interest in building useful things well.
What started as a student community became a lasting network where members share knowledge, solve problems together, and grow through projects, internships, and professional experience.
This website is our collective portfolio, a place to showcase our work, highlight our journey, and represent the community built around the Instigate Cafe name.
Selected Work
A curated set of projects spanning software, systems, infrastructure, and applied engineering.
Astra
Open-source quantitative research and backtesting toolkit built for IMC Prosperity 4, featuring deterministic market-data replay, event-driven strategy testing, parameter sweeps, risk checks, submission packaging, and round-by-round technical writeups.