Notes and reflections on events, talks, and experiences—similar to what I share on LinkedIn.
Project writeups, hackathons, and dev notes.
My team and I had an amazing time at the PDD hackathon. Our project, IdeaForge, helps people evaluate ideas with structure: you enter an idea, and the system generates roles, creates ally and adversary personas, runs debate rounds, and produces a polished plan with risks, guardrails, scope, KPIs, and next steps.
We built PaperLink, an AI-powered research digest platform that helps researchers explore and summarize the latest arXiv papers faster—using FastAPI, Next.js 14, ChromaDB, and Claude 3.5 (via Lava). Huge thanks to my teammates and to Cal Hacks, Lava, Fish Audio, and Chroma for an inspiring weekend.
Sends, training, and bouldering. See also my Climbing section on the main site for goals and favorite outdoor sends.