Writing
Archive
2025–2026
, 9 min read
Hackathons Are Just Presentations: How I Run Them After 7 Wins
Seven hackathon wins, five of them in a row. The workflow I locked in after HackMIT, and why none of it matters if the judges don't get you.
Hackathons, Workflow, AI Agents
, 10 min read
The Day the Cloud’s Phonebook Disappeared: How one AWS Bug Crashed the Internet
How a single phonebook error at AWS brought the internet to its knees (a 15-hour-plus failure).
Server Infrastructure, Deep Dive
, 8 min read
Stop Hitting Paid Rate Limits: My Free Gemini CLI Dev Setup
Exploring free, practical alternatives to paid AI Agents with low rate limits.
Productivity
, 10 min read
The Learning Species In Transition
As AI transforms classrooms worldwide, we face a paradox: tools that make learning easier might prevent genuine understanding. What humanity does learning have left, when AI optimize everything?
Thoughts
