Reflections

Short essays in my own words — about what I build, why I give back, and the person who taught me both without ever sitting me down to teach.

01·2026-08

Bringing EduVision-AI to Hwa Chong

I flew to Singapore to present a small AI tool I had built for blind students — and came home wanting, more than ever, to study alongside the friends I met there.

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02·2026-06

From my father's childhood to the small things I do

My father rarely told me fairy tales. He told me about his village — and years later, that is where I keep going back.

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03·2026-07

From my father's success to my own drive

My father's success almost ruined me. What saved me was not what he achieved, but how he achieved it.

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04·2026-04

Building with users, not for them

The first version of EduVision made me proud. The first blind student who tried it made me sit still for an afternoon, ashamed.

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05·2025-12

AI and human responsibility

One night, building EduVision, I couldn't sleep. Not because of a bug — because I wondered: if my AI reads a word wrong and someone trusts it, whose fault is that?

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06·2025-11

Lessons from failed prototypes

I keep a folder on my computer called “the graveyard.” It's where my dead projects go — and it's the most useful folder I own.

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07·2025-10

Mathematics as a way of thinking

People ask what I study math for, then answer for me: exams, medals. If it were only about medals, I'd have quit long ago.

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