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      <title><![CDATA[Apple's Best AI Feature Is Not Siri]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[WWDC 2026 buried the most useful agentic AI feature in the Passwords app. A look at what it actually does, why it works, and where it breaks.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Build Discord Profile Widgets]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A practical guide to building Discord profile widgets using the new widgets v2 experiment — from setting up your application to displaying live data on your profile.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building a Linux Home Server]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Planning a self-hosted Linux server to run every personal website, Docker container, photo backup, ad blocker, and side project from one machine.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Everything This Site Loads Over the Wire]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[I opened the network tab on my own portfolio and wrote down every request. The fonts, the scripts, the API calls — and what I'd change.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Multiplayer Catan From Scratch]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[How I built a full-featured online Settlers of Catan — hex grid geometry, server-authoritative game state, Socket.IO rooms, and Web Audio all from scratch.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[What I Learned Building 40 Side Projects]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Looking back at every side project I have shipped: what got users, what got abandoned, and what the pattern between them actually is.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Second Semester at UC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Reflecting on challenging academics, leadership, and life in Cincinnati during my second semester at the University of Cincinnati.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Software I Admire That I Didn't Write]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A look at the C programs, Rust tools, and Go infrastructure I depend on every day but couldn't have built myself.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[First Semester at UC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[My experience navigating grad school, new friendships, and adjusting to life in Cincinnati during my first semester.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Environment Variables Dont Hide Data]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[That super-secret API key you tucked away in a Vercel environment variable? It might not be as hidden as you think.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why I Use Satoshi on Everything I Build]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The font choices behind this site and why Satoshi specifically became my default for almost every project.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Hyderabad to Cincinnati]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The whole process of finishing a degree in India, applying to grad school, getting a visa, and arriving alone in a city 14,000km away.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Modern Tech Stacks Kill Startups]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Why chasing the latest frameworks and tools can kill a startup before it ever ships anything of value.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Your 2FA Is Broken]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Two-factor authentication feels safe, but most implementations have critical weaknesses that attackers exploit every day.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boring Guide to 10x Frontend Performance]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The unsexy, practical steps that actually make your frontend fast — no magic, just fundamentals done right.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Discord Survived 2024s Biggest Launch]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A deep dive into how Discord's infrastructure scaled to handle millions of concurrent users during a massive game launch.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My Time in Esports]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[From LAN cafes to online tournaments — my personal journey through competitive gaming and the esports scene.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building My Own ChatGPT UI]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Why I built a custom ChatGPT interface instead of using the default, and what I learned along the way.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SDE Intern at Abhibus (Ixigo)]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Lessons from my software engineering internship at Abhibus, a subsidiary of Ixigo, India's leading travel platform.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beginners Guide for Programming]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A practical, no-nonsense starting point for anyone who wants to learn to code but has no idea where to begin.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beginners Guide for Design]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The core principles, tools, and resources that helped me go from zero design knowledge to building real products.]]></description>
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