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ResearchJune 20, 20267 min read
Defending a Thesis With Zero Trained Models: How We Survived FYDP-I
Our final-year thesis defense had one awkward problem: we hadn't trained a single neural network yet. Here's how we defended a verified baseline instead, and the exact prep system we used.
Projects
July 1, 20265 min read
Why I Built My Own Link Shortener (and Actually Use It Every Day)
BriefLi started as an itch: I share study guides and project links constantly, and long URLs with random slugs are unmanageable. So I built a shortlink dashboard on React, Supabase, and Vercel.
By Ikramul Hasan
Learning
June 28, 20266 min read
Study Packs: How I Engineer Exam Prep (and Why My Classmates Keep Asking for My Notes)
I stopped 'studying hard' and started building study systems: structured prep packs with topic guides, cram sheets, mock exams, and an hour-before reading plan. Here's the full method.
By Ikramul Hasan
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