
2026-02-12 / 7 min
PDFSpacer and the value of boring tools
A small PDF utility became a useful reminder that student workflows are full of invisible friction.
Product / PDFs / Student Tools
build notes and product essays from the projects i keep shipping: student tools, AI research demos, developer utilities, and small internet products.

2026-02-12 / 7 min
A small PDF utility became a useful reminder that student workflows are full of invisible friction.
Product / PDFs / Student Tools
2026-01-30 / 8 min
Notes from building an AI writing product where the hard part is preserving the writer's intent.
AI / Writing / Product

2026-01-18 / 9 min
What changed when an AI assistant had to live in hardware instead of a browser tab.
AI / Hardware / Hackathon

2025-12-21 / 7 min
How two small extensions clarified what developers actually want from prompt automation.
Developer Tools / Cursor / Extensions

2025-11-15 / 8 min
Turning LLM caching experiments into something readable, testable, and shareable.
Research / LLMs / Hugging Face
2025-10-26 / 8 min
What an OCT scan LLM experiment taught me about boundaries, uncertainty, and interface language.
Research / Medical AI / LLMs
2025-09-19 / 7 min
Building one schema across Polymarket, Kalshi, and Manifold exposed the hidden work in data products.
Data Engineering / Markets / AI Agents
2025-08-08 / 8 min
The collectible resale project that connected sentiment analysis, market timing, and real revenue.
AI / Markets / Entrepreneurship

2025-07-11 / 7 min
A creator newsletter tool taught me that summarization is mostly about deciding what deserves attention.
AI / Creators / Summarization
2025-06-02 / 8 min
The mental health chatbot that won a science fair also taught me where AI products must be careful.
AI / Mental Health / Students

2025-05-17 / 8 min
Dating software is a reminder that AI product design has to account for vulnerability, not only matching logic.
AI / Social Products / UX