From a failed first project to five shipped AI apps
BCA at Dr. Virendra Swarup Institute of Computer Studies, Kanpur, 2023–2026. The first project flopped. Then, in one stretch: a hackathon win at IIT Roorkee, a pitch-competition win at CSJMU, a second hackathon win with MeetKats, a…










BCA at Dr. Virendra Swarup Institute of Computer Studies, Kanpur, 2023–2026. The first project flopped. Then, in one stretch: a hackathon win at IIT Roorkee, a pitch-competition win at CSJMU, a second hackathon win with MeetKats, a first-year induction where I was the one speaking, a 500+ member community, a studio with a 14-member team, a 48-hour build that lost — and in 2026, five production AI apps and a free tools site with 1,200+ prompts and 50,000 skills. Nothing here required a metro city or a famous college. It required shipping, in public, on a schedule. This is the timeline. I also build tools.scult.in — 15 free tools, 1,200+ prompts and a 50,000-skill library, free for anyone, no signup.
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