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I never planned to attend a hackathon. It wasn’t even on my radar. But sometimes, life throws you into situations that push you out of your comfort zone—and this was one of those moments. It all started at an event I attended with my wife. She was one of the panelists, and as I waited outside while the setup was happening, I noticed a vibrant purple poster about a hackathon. Something clicked. I thought to myself, *“I’ve never done one before. Why not?”* I’d seen others participate in hackathon...

There's a lot of talk lately about "vibe coders." The term itself was popularized by Andrej Karpathy—one of the original developers behind Tesla's autonomous driving and OpenAI's GPT models. Nowadays, Karpathy spends his time democratizing AI, making videos that teach complex concepts in simple ways. In one of his famous tweets, he described vibe coding as the practice of just speaking your thoughts into an AI tool and having it generate code for you—building websites, creating features, fixing...

AI chat tools are everywhere now. Like the early days of search engines, we're in a phase where everyone's trying to figure out which one to use. ChatGPT might dominate Google Trends, but that doesn't automatically make it the right choice for you. The reality is more nuanced. Some people need mobile apps, others want voice features, and many just want to write better emails and documents. Each tool has carved out its own niche in what it can do well. Let's break this down simply: The major pl...

Most people wait for the perfect moment to start a new habit. They imagine some magical Monday or New Year's Day when everything will align. But habits rarely start that way. My journey with Duolingo began unexpectedly. My wife was learning Hindi, my native language, and during one of our conversations, we realized something interesting: knowing a unique third language could be our secret code. She already knew German from living there. I knew Hindi and English. What if we learned a language th...

I’ve gone from not knowing the difference between Linux distributions to running a lightweight Kubernetes (K3S) cluster and deploying web applications — and while I’m still new to this field, the growth has been undeniable. About 10 months ago, I decided to build hardware infrastructure for my projects. The goal? To use the hardware I had on hand to run local AI chat models. Looking back, that decision kickstarted a journey packed with problem-solving, hands-on learning, and a growing sense of...

You know that feeling when your brain is buzzing with a million project ideas, but you end up either doing nothing or working on something totally random? Yeah, I've been there. Like, way too many times. But I recently figured out a pretty cool system that's helped me get my priorities straight, and I thought I'd share it with you. Here's the thing - I'm always thinking about new ideas and better ways to do stuff. The problem is that each new project usually needs some serious learning time bef...

Picture this: You're sitting at your desk, staring at a form you need to fill out online. Everything's going smoothly until you hit a snag – you need to upload a PDF, but all you've got is an image file. Ugh, right? We've all been there. Your first instinct is probably to hit up Google and search for "convert image to PDF." And boom! You're hit with a barrage of websites promising quick conversions. But hold up – most of them are plastered with ads, some want you to pay for a subscription, an...

links to everything I talk about at the end I was thinking about how we can use AI voice chat tools to make our day-to-day life better. Let me tell you a story about what I mean. Imagine you're in the kitchen, trying to cook something. You've got baking soda in front of you, but your recipe says you need baking powder. Now, if you're not that experienced in cooking, you might not know the difference. They both have "baking" in the name, right? In the past, here's what you'd do. You'd grab you...

So, I watched this really cool TED Talk by Tom Wujec called "Build a tower, build a team" and it got me thinking about how important iteration is in everything we do. In the video, they had this challenge where different groups - kindergarteners, CEOs, business students - had to build the tallest structure using just spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. Guess who won? The kindergarteners! Now, you might be wondering, how the heck did a bunch of 5-year-olds beat out CEOs and business school grads...

So, it's been about a year since I seriously started learning Python. Can you believe it? I remember back in ninth grade when my friends tried to show me how to print a simple "Hello World" in Python. Man, it was the hardest thing for my mind to grasp. I kept wondering, "Why am I even doing this?" Over the years, I've tried different ways and techniques to learn Python, but nothing really stuck. That is, until I started my master's program last year. We had this introduction course in Python, a...