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My First Internship Meltdown

I thought I was ready for industry. Then I accidentally pushed to production at 3 AM, nuked our test pipeline, and learned how engineers actually handle chaos. A deep dive into growing through failure.

Hacking a Hackathon

It was meant to be a fun college hackathon. 36 hours later, we were demoing to investors. Here's how we bent the rules (and maybe time) to build something real in a fake startup competition.

The First Time I Said No

Everyone says “learn to say no.” But it took burning out in a high-stakes research project to actually do it. This one's about reclaiming sanity — and realizing you don’t owe anyone your time.