✍️ over 80% of the vibe coded apps have critical security vulnerabilities
here is the checklist to make sure your app doesn't have this:
(don't jut bookmark this, copy them into your .cursorrules file)
my 2025 wrap.
i turned 20 today. generational run type year. still feels unreal. here's a 2024 + 2025 recap:
> landed @meta before i turned 18. worked on @instagram's auth infra.
> named a @DEShawGroup Latitude Fellow. 1 of 47 nationwide
> landed @apple at 19. did ML in Cellular Engineering (WTE) cupertino
> published ML research under my professor at @HowardU
> taught myself swift overnight to build an iOS app for @hack_harvard and won the track
> @NASA RockSat-C program. built a robotic arm for suturing in space. we had to test it under some of the most insane vibration conditions (genuinely one of the hardest things i’ve ever done)
> contributed to a couple opensource repos
> research w @NIH AIM-AHEAD
> 2nd place at @nvidia agents for impact. built a layer on top of @meta ray-ban glasses for real-time voice first aid + cpr coaching. @baxate_carter loved it
> touched 12+ states. red-eyes between sf, labs, hackathons, conferences, people, everything!!!
> shipped products @tryspawnlabs@deepubuntu, and others doing upwards ~$20k in quarterly revenue
> secured $50k+ in scholarships from @amazon, @tmcf_hbcu, @UNCF, @Boeing, @Chevron among others for academic excellence.
> finally met a bunch of online friends irl @tedddyoweh@clintonimaro, @TomiTokko3
> spent a lot of time this year building and learning around physical intelligence, perception & manipulation, robotics, humanoids, embodied ai, egocentric data, and vlms
2026 goals. saying it out loud:
> @ycombinator Spring 2026
> publish this paper on embodied ai & egocentric data for robots (thanks @eddybuild)
> gym consistency
> win some. lose some. keep going
> tweet more lol
i shipped a lot this year.. probably a little too much cause i noticed i need to spend more time with friends and family. got the best advice from @tundespeaks - gtfolh.
if you told me this in 2022 i wouldn’t believe you. ngmi isn’t an option.
back to work @letstrace
merry christmas, everyone🎄
Slack is an underrated job search tool.
I got my first Slack gig in 2022 without using job boards or cold email.
If I were just starting today…
Here’s exactly what I’d do: 👇
Sounds to me like they’re recognising your boundary is not aligned with what they want and are respecting it by leaving.
Boundaries are for you. They’re not to control the other person’s behaviour
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What a day it would be
When the realization hits that maybe, just maybe the problem is not (solely) the coach(es) but the players (mentalities and egos) and fans
What a day it would be