Growth through the things that didn't work

My first ever offline hackathon! It was a 3-day event where our product got great feedback from mentors and reviewers. I was super confident on Day 1 and 2, but I completely messed up the final presentation, nerves hit me hard. Instead of winning, we landed as finalists.

In my 2nd semester, I ended up with 5 backlogs. The jump from school to university exams was tough, I didn't manage my time well and ignored internal tests. By finals, I was stressed and anxious, which made things worse.

In my 3rd year, we had a quarterfinal football match against seniors. Some misunderstanding during the game led to a fight, and I lost my cool even though it wasn't my fault. We almost lost the match because of my temper.

As a kid, I loved VLC media player, so I tried making my own version using Electron and CMake. I hit a lot of errors and couldn't finish it yet, but building something I've always admired was fun.

Physics was always my favorite subject, so in Grade 12 I thought I had it covered. I got overconfident, didn't prepare properly, and ended up with lower marks than expected.

I built a hyper-casual game called Switch for people aged 20-65 to help reduce stress and improve focus. The launch didn't blow up — only around 100+ downloads.

Not every idea makes it to launch and that's okay. I've tried building many things just to explore tools, test concepts, and level up my skills.