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After chatting with Mark Surman (Mozilla President) at Upper Bound, my perspective on open source AI shifted completely.

Won 2nd prize at the Databricks AI Agents Hackathon with a lightweight ontology system linking geopolitical events to commodities markets.

Tied for 1st place at the Cursor Hackathon with hand-gesture controls for a tower defense game built in 1 hour.

A 36-hour business case competition on sustainable data center strategy for Alberta's 2050 net-zero goals.

Sharing my journey with foodsavr at Ascend Calgary's showcase. 11 inspiring Calgary youth voices, free entry, free food.

Pitched foodsavr at the Startup Canada Pitch Competition in Calgary. Didn't make the top 5 but walked away with a brain full of lessons.

54 hours of refusing to hear NO. Built FindBite and placed 2nd at Platform Calgary's Startup Weekend.

DeepSeek's breakthrough sent shockwaves through the tech industry. Here's my take on the technological leaps, the trust and security red flags, and what it means for the future of AI.

I built an open-source Python tool for plotting and interpreting Duval's Triangle, the classic DGA method for diagnosing faults in power transformers.

DeepSeek V3 and Mistral NeMo trained with a fraction of the GPUs and power of the industry giants. Here's what that means for the future of AI.

Training a leading-edge AI model draws on power, water, carbon, and land. I benchmarked the resource consumption of top LLMs using public data and estimates.

A step-by-step guide to identifying, researching, and validating a problem before you ever start building a solution.

More than 50 days of exploring and validating problems. Here are my key takeaways from the challenge.

Perishable grocery is wasted at home by working individuals due to unawareness or apathy. I explore and validate the problem before deciding to solve it.

Banking apps fail to proactively guide users with poor financial literacy toward better spending and credit habits. I explore and validate the problem.

Delayed and unreliable power supplies in disaster-affected regions disrupt disaster management and healthcare. I explore and validate the problem.

People counting systems in public spaces rely on manual, repetitive tasks that hurt productivity and fatigue workers. I explore and validate the problem.

Competitive OTB chess players lose valuable time adjusting pieces during time scrambles. I explore and validate whether this is a real problem.

Einstein said if he had an hour to solve a problem he'd spend 55 minutes thinking about it. Here's how that wisdom reshaped my approach to problem-solving.

A 56-hour Techstars Startup Weekend with 140+ brilliant minds. Here are the lessons I took away about starting with why, validating early, and pivoting.

A 56-hour Techstars Startup Weekend where we built an app to support individuals with ADHD in reducing cognitive overload at work.

Hackathons are a unique and exhilarating experience. Here are the insights and reflections from my journey to convince you to dive into one.

Fanboying over Jerry Liu's incredible talk on advanced RAG with LlamaIndex at the Databricks Data + AI Summit in San Francisco.

Built an end-to-end RAG solution for asset document navigation in the Databricks Generative AI World Cup.

A simple, honest analysis of the Android vs Apple decision -- cost, resale value, upgrade timing, and features -- to reduce decision fatigue before your next upgrade.

Built a web platform for students to order healthy meals from local cooks. Won Most Innovative Idea out of 500+ participants.

Placed 2nd with a practical and affordable solution for converting gasoline vehicles to electric at the UCalgary Design Fair.

Placed 1st at Hack Your Learning Hackathon with a platform connecting Indigenous water operators to subject matter experts.