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  • How Searle’s Chinese Room Contends with Modern LLMs April 28, 2025

    An exploration of how John Searle’s Chinese Room argument contends with the capabilities of today’s LLMs, and whether advances in AI undermine his critique of machine understanding.

  • Cracking Trivia: A Software Engineer's Approach to TapTap Live February 13, 2024

    Dive into the journey of a software engineering student who tackled the challenge of automating trivia answers on TapTap Live. Explore the naive approach, the hurdles of real-time answers, and the innovative solutions involving OCR, GPT-4, and Google's Gemini Vision.

  • Solving Matroid's Intern CTF January 18, 2024

    A step-by-step breakdown of how I solved the challenge

  • Iterating App Design In Figma August 31, 2023

    Follow along as I develop the design for an Uber-esque bike sharing app.

  • Building the Iowa State TREND Fashion Magazine Website July 13, 2023

    Dive into the nitty-gritty of how I conceptualized, designed, and implemented the TREND Magazine website at Iowa State University. Explore the tech stack used, challenges encountered, and how the project shaped my software engineering skills.