Welcome to TongPlanet
Tony (Motong) Gao
Squash player who codes.
I'm 15 and a boarding student at The Fessenden School in Boston. I build AI tools for my squash training, write about the books I read, and built a virtual planet for my cat, Hazel.
Welcome to TongPlanet
Squash player who codes.
I'm 15 and a boarding student at The Fessenden School in Boston. I build AI tools for my squash training, write about the books I read, and built a virtual planet for my cat, Hazel.
I wrote my first line of code at age 8, inspired by Khan Academy. While I didn't care much for Windows or Linux, the Mac became my best friend and creative tool. From creating simple scripts to exploring AI today, I've always felt like a geek at heart—curious, driven, and always learning.
Read My Full StoryThree experiments orbiting this site. Mo is my sci-fi sandbox, Hazel is a virtual room for my cat, and Π is a star field you can fly through. Click one to land.
I love to read everything—Sci-Fi, History, Tech. Sometimes I read sitting down, sometimes on my knees, sometimes bent at 70 degrees.
Books shape my thinking. Check out what I've read recently and my thoughts on them.
View Full Reading List →Things I built or wrote because I couldn't stop thinking about them.
A guide for new squash players: why a cold ball won't bounce and how to structure solo practice. It also hosts my prototype AI coach, which uses Python, OpenCV and MediaPipe pose estimation to analyze movement on court.
Tennis, badminton and table tennis all have an emoji. Squash doesn't. I designed the artwork and submitted a proposal to the Unicode Consortium to fix that.
Classic offline games, reimagined online.
