Hacker News: aabiji

New comment by aabiji in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

aabiji — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:02:28 +0000

I've been wanting to learn deep learning on a deeper level, so I've spent the past month going through Understanding Deep Learning. I've gotten to the chapter on CNNs and right now I'm just implementing a bunch of foundational ML papers (AlexNet, VGG, Word2Vec, etc).

Immortality

aabiji — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:17:53 +0000

Article URL: https://aabiji.github.io/html/immortality.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430512

Points: 6

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Show HN: A Satellite Visualizer

aabiji — Sun, 10 May 2026 03:05:35 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/aabiji/kepler

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48080609

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Show HN: Arrow – A Simple Airdrop Clone

aabiji — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:03:13 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/aabiji/arrow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47683966

Points: 3

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New comment by aabiji in "Ask HN: How did you figure out what research field you were passionate about?"

aabiji — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:20:31 +0000

That is such a good way to frame things, never thought about it that way. Thanks!

Ask HN: How did you figure out what research field you were passionate about?

aabiji — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:54:54 +0000

I'll be graduating high school in a few months and I have no real plan for my life. I applied to electrical engineering at various universities because hardware and computing systems seemed interesting enough, and it's a practical choice. In school I got high nineties in physics, calculus, chemistry and biology class, but none of it really excited me or made me want to keep going on my own time.

What does pull me is the idea of research itself: actually discovering new stuff, adding to knowledge instead of just using what's already there. The problem is I don't have a field that excites me yet. I feel like I haven't seen enough of any discipline to know if it's worth years (or a lifetime) of focus.

For people who ended up in research careers, how did you figure it out? Was there a specific moment, project, class, paper, or random conversation that inspired you? Did you mostly wander through undergrad, switching majors or labs or taking odd electives until something stuck, or did it come earlier for you?

How do you know when something is more than a passing interest, when it's the kind of thing that could actually sustain you long-term? Is it the questions that keep nagging at you years later, or the daily grind of experiments/debugging/reading feeling surprisingly okay (or even good), or some other signal? Any stories from when you were directionless at my age but eventually found your thing would be great. Low-stakes ways a freshman could poke around different areas without locking in too soon? Summer programs, random labs, self-reading that helped?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47226020

Points: 7

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Drawing 3D shapes using signed distance functions

aabiji — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:16:08 +0000

Article URL: https://aabiji.github.io/html/sdfs.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108093

Points: 1

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The Importance of Diversity

aabiji — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:26:18 +0000

Article URL: https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/01/27/the-importance-of-diversity.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779094

Points: 3

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Jack Kerouac on the Steve Allen Show with Steve Allen 1959 [video]

aabiji — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:20:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LLpNKo09Xk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755418

Points: 2

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The Longevity FAQ

aabiji — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:58:56 +0000

Article URL: https://nintil.com/longevity/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749498

Points: 1

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Tea Chemistry (1997)

aabiji — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:37:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew-Harbowy/publication/216792045_Tea_Chemistry/links/0912f4fb863f786725000000/Tea-Chemistry.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736804

Points: 83

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New comment by aabiji in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

aabiji — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:37:56 +0000

The most interesting books I read this year were:

Acting class - I found this book surprisingly compelling. It made me reflect on my own search for connection and identity, and how easily it is to be misled and manipulated when you've got no one close.

Earthlings - The book's plot gets really horrific (don't let the cover fool you). However, it did make me think about social norms and taboos a little differently.

1984 - It was my first time reading the book, and man, looking around and seeing bits and pieces of the surveillance mentioned in the book in real life is kind of terrifying...

Grapes of Wrath - It's definitely the most heart-wrenching book I've ever read. Watching the Joad family get absolutely devastated by the monster that is unchecked capitalism is so sad :(

Skunk works - Really good book on the development of Lockheed's stealth planes. However, I did wish I got more technical details.

I would love to see some more book recommendations :)

The Physics of Semiconductors [pdf]

aabiji — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:29:40 +0000

Article URL: http://www.physics.gov.az/book_P/Phys_Semic_Grundmann.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46178059

Points: 1

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New comment by aabiji in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

aabiji — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:39:29 +0000

For the past few months, I've been building a health tracking app called LogBuddy. I got tired of using separate apps for nutrition, workouts, weight, and period tracking. So I built LogBuddy to handle all of it with a dead simple interface. That way, all the heath data I'm tracking would be in one place. Right now there's an Android APK available. If there's interest, I'll publish to the Play Store and build an iOS version too.

Would love to hear your feedback if you try it out!

Here's the github repository: https://github.com/aabiji/logbuddy

What do noise functions sound like?

aabiji — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:37:35 +0000

Article URL: https://aabiji.github.io/html/noise.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45868936

Points: 3

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New comment by aabiji in "LogBuddy – a dead simple health tracking app"

aabiji — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:42:28 +0000

Right now there's an Android APK available. If there's interest, I'll publish to the Play Store and build an iOS version too.

Would love to hear your feedback if you try it out!

Here's the github repository: https://github.com/aabiji/logbuddy

LogBuddy – a dead simple health tracking app

aabiji — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:42:28 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/aabiji/logbuddy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716555

Points: 2

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New comment by aabiji in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)"

aabiji — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:46:16 +0000

For the past 2 months I've building an app called LogBuddy. I've recently completed the MVP and it helps me track my weight, my workout sessions, my food intake, and my periods, all in one app. It's really basic on purpose. This app also gave me the opportunity to go all in on mobile dev with Ionic.

https://github.com/aabiji/logbuddy

New comment by aabiji in "LogBuddy – track fitness, food, weight, and periods"

aabiji — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:53:39 +0000

What do you mean?

LogBuddy – track fitness, food, weight, and periods

aabiji — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 21:22:25 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/aabiji/logbuddy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45552817

Points: 1

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