Things I've done since middle school
A messy mix of timetemp
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Finished the AIS3 Junior project
Added a ZK circuit and smart contracts, only shrinking the scale.

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Tactica Universalis demo done
The first game demo actually shipped.

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THJCC Summer
After AIS3 Junior, I finally had some real security basics.

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AIS3 Junior project: Hinkal double-spend
Simplified the Hinkal double-spend attack and turned it into a challenge.

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AIS3 Junior
Met a lot of CS people.

- 2026-07
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Started the first paper
Began writing it for real.

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First game: Tactica Universalis
Started making Tactica Universalis.

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Second APCS exam
Practiced a few problems, then scored 4 on concepts.

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Started looking at ML
Touched backpropagation a bit, but I was mainly into LLMs then.

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MIT advanced cryptography course
Got curious and looked at ZKP.

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Read the Bitcoin whitepaper
That started a stretch of reading classic papers.

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Peking University blockchain course
Got interested in how the tech actually works.

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First APCS exam
Went in cold. Concepts 3, implementation 1.

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THJCC Winter (first CTF)
Knew almost nothing. Finished 61/80.

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Started looking at CTF
Picked up a bit of the surrounding material.

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Built a Discord honeypot bot
Automatically detects and bans accounts that spam messages.

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NCHU reinforcement learning prep course
It felt too easy later, so I moved on to other open courses.

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First programming language: C++
This is where writing code started.

- 2025-11
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Started looking at CS
Walked into this path for real.

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Paused YouTube updates
The channel went quiet for a while.

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Took graphic design commissions
Private work, mostly channel thumbnails.

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Joined the BrawlKuma community
Met a lot of people through Brawl Stars.

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Highest-view video
Posted the most-watched video on the channel.

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Started game-related media
The channel shifted toward games.

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Started a YouTube channel
Began posting for real.

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Started a Discord server
Put people in one place.

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Started learning video editing
It began with cutting footage.
