
How I Cracked GSoC '26
From my first nervous pull request to getting selected for Google Summer of Code. The proposals, the mentors, the rejections, and the late-night commits that finally made it click.
Honest stories, lessons and thoughts on engineering, careers, open source and the experiences that shaped my journey.

From my first nervous pull request to getting selected for Google Summer of Code. The proposals, the mentors, the rejections, and the late-night commits that finally made it click.

A fully funded week in Singapore, a cohort of 100 people from 22 countries, and a crash course in how generative AI is reshaping research. Here is what the NUS Young Fellowship taught me about asking better questions.

From late-night coding sessions to cracking one of the most competitive interviews in tech. Here's my honest story of how I landed a an SWE internship at Microsoft.

Walking into my first academic conference with a poster under one arm and imposter syndrome in full swing. Here is what presenting at NetSciX taught me about research, networking, and belonging in a room full of professors.