Same ideas. Less jargon.
This page collects the plain-language summaries. It helps students, non-native English readers, tired readers, and future me at 1:17 AM.
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puzzle / beginner
The Blindfolded Cards
You cannot see the cards. You still need to make two piles with equal face-up cards.
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puzzle / intermediate
Prompt Injection Museum Guard
An AI reads a web page. The page tries to trick it. What should the AI ignore?
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puzzle / intermediate
The Infinite Startup Payout
A game has infinite expected value on paper. You still should not pay infinite money to play it.
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puzzle / beginner
Tokenizer Trap
LLMs read chunks of text called tokens. That makes some simple-looking counting tasks harder.
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puzzle / beginner
The Parity Party Switches
Some operations change many things, but one parity fact stays fixed.
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track / beginner
LLM Builder: Zero to Shipped Agent
Learn how to build a small AI app that works outside a demo.
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track / intermediate
LLM From Scratch, No Incense Required
Build a tiny language model and understand the main parts.
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track / zero
Student to Strong CS Intern
A student-friendly plan for becoming a stronger CS internship candidate.
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track / intermediate
Quant Research Prep
A study path for students curious about quant research roles.
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resource / zero
Scholarship Radar
A place to find scholarships and check whether they are real and current.
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resource / zero
Long-Distance Movie Setup
How two people in different places can watch the same movie together.
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post / zero
Recent Travel Journal
A blog-adjacent travel page for recent photos, captions, short stories, and privacy-reviewed field notes.
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media / zero
World Before / World Now Video Archive
A collection of videos and maps that show how the world has changed.
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post / beginner
How Did They Measure The Moon?
A starter note about how humans estimated huge distances with simple observations and geometry.
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post / intermediate
Godel's Incompleteness Theorems
Some formal systems are powerful enough to talk about arithmetic, but cannot prove every true statement about arithmetic from inside their own rules.
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post / beginner
Arguments I Want to Lose Properly
A list of debate topics where the goal is to understand the other side well.
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post / beginner
Grey Areas Field Guide
A section for unfinished views on complicated human topics, written as questions and reflections rather than judgments.
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resource / beginner
Grey Areas Dilemma Cards
A planned interactive format where readers answer carefully before seeing another lens.
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resource / zero
Travel Destination Atlas
A travel map for destinations with nature, history, food, science, architecture, or unusual human stories.
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resource / zero
I Am Bored Play Shelf
A playful section for short games and puzzles when someone is bored but still wants something with taste.
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post / beginner
Exciting Tech Watchlist
A watchlist of technologies that seem exciting, useful, strange, or worth understanding.
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post / beginner
Agent Failure Zoo
A list of common AI-agent failure modes and how to test for them.
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resource / beginner
RAG Source Boundary Checklist
A checklist for building AI search or RAG systems that know which sources they are allowed to trust.
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post / beginner
Evals Before Agents
Before building an AI agent, write the checks that would prove it is helping and not taking confusing action.
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resource / intermediate
AI App Hosting Map
A guide for deciding where to host small AI apps and utilities without slowing the main website.
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resource / intermediate
Quant Research Interview Map
A study map for quant research interviews, focused on probability, statistics, coding, and research taste.
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post / beginner
Computer Science As Art
A note on the beauty of computer science ideas, written for people who think art only lives in paintings or songs.
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media / zero
Poems That Churn or Chirp
A place for poems and words that make you feel something.
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media / zero
Music That Holds a Mood
A curated music shelf organized by state of mind, not by genre.
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post / zero
Using AI Without Losing The Plot
How to use AI for learning while keeping your own thinking visible.
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resource / beginner
CS Internship Radar
A place to find CS internships, track applications, and avoid stale role links.
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resource / beginner
MS Application Resource Map
A clear map for graduate-school applications, especially for students who need structure.
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resource / zero
Student Application Packet
A checklist and template for students applying to programs, internships, scholarships, or mentors.
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resource / beginner
Debate Topic Atlas
A searchable list of debate topics with both sides treated seriously.
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resource / beginner
Break The LLM Challenge
Small challenges that teach how AI systems fail.
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post / zero
Fitness Journey Field Log
A personal fitness journey and the habits that helped.
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post / beginner
Inner Work Notes
A personal shelf for questions about how to live, think, notice, choose, and stay sane while being ambitious.
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post / beginner
Attention Operating System
A personal framework for protecting attention without pretending life is a productivity spreadsheet.
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resource / zero
Student Application Operating System
A structured way for students to manage applications without losing deadlines, versions, documents, or confidence.
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resource / beginner
Puzzle Technique Atlas
A categorized guide to puzzle techniques so readers learn the trick, not only the answer.
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media / zero
Curated Video Archive Protocol
A way to add interesting videos to the site with source, rights, transcript, and lazy-loading rules.
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resource / intermediate
Radar To Page: Source Packets
A pipeline for finding links, checking them, composing summaries, and publishing only reviewed content.
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resource / zero
Quotes With Context Shelf
A quote collection that keeps source, context, translation, and a short reflection with every quote.
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project / deep
BhumiSahayak
An AI helper for understanding rural land records.
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project / zero
Common Problems Index
A searchable list of common problems and solutions that work.
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project / intermediate
AI Student Helper System
A planned AI helper for students that focuses on verified sources, deadlines, and practical next steps.
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project / intermediate
Micro App Garden
A way to host small tools and experiments without slowing down the whole website.
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guest / zero
Bastar Student Field Note
A place where people from the education work can share what helped them.
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guest / beginner
Builders Who Changed Their Mind
Short guest essays about changing your mind after building something.
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gallery / zero
Bastar Field Notes
A future photo story about education work in Bastar, only using safe and approved images.
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gallery / zero
World Before / World Now
A visual collection showing how places and life changed over time.
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