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Notes, teardowns, and opinions.
- ▸2026-07-26 Twelve hours, a language I couldn't stand, and a graph I couldn't defend// JacHacks SF — I learned graph theory, built OrgMem, and got taken apart in Q&A.
- ▸2026-07-11 1,247 applied, 50 of us got in, and I brought the wrong strategy// Reflections from the Hermes Buildathon — I built a real AI research agency in the cloud, and learned more from losing.
- ▸2026-07-04 One hour on the clock: winning the Agent Forge hackathon// 1st place at a one-hour hackathon — prep, AI judges, and a diving FFmpeg catch.
[ queued ] up next
- ▸My favorite EDAs (and when I reach for each)// Altium vs KiCAD vs LTSpice — the working engineer's take.
- ▸Designing a 48V USB-C hub: what surprised me// draft
- ▸Hackathon hardware kit: what's in my bag// draft