Hello World!
I’m an engineer😋.
I’ve been telling myself I’d start writing for over a year now, but couldn’t get myself to do it. So, I slapped it onto my 2025 New Year’s resolution (to create some kinda content) and here I am, finally working on it now with 194 days left in this year.
So, Substack suggested a template for the first blog. It is to share my story - who I am, why I am blogging, why now, and details about my future blogs. Let’s go with that flow and lemme tell you guys about myself.
My story
Who am I?
As I said earlier — I’m an engineer. Not the kind who fixes machines or builds bridges. I’m a Computer Science Engineer who just wrapped up a master’s at the University of Houston. (You might’ve picked that up from the classic “Hello World” opening 😄).
One of my courses—Digital Image Processing—introduced me to this thing called Gradient Descent. At the time, I had no clue about large language models or deep learning, but something about that algorithm sparked my curiosity.
So I started digging.
That rabbit hole led me to Andrew Ng’s Deep Learning specialization - built neural networks from scratch, learned about NN architecture and optimization algorithms, tuned hyperparameters, worked with PyTorch & TensorFlow.
The idea that you could feed data into a system and have it learn to solve problems—sometimes better than humans—was mind-blowing. So I dove deeper into embeddings, transformers, NLP, and all the wild stuff after that. Most of my projects and coursework since then have revolved around building AI applications.
If I had to describe myself in two words: curious and thorough. I love going deep—really deep—into anything I learn.
My long-term dream?
To become a research scientist working on Conscious AI (AGI?). Cool, right?
For now, I’m focused on stepping in that direction - by building AI systems that actually solve real problems. I’m looking to work as an AI/ML/Foundational/Generative Engineer (yep, so many names 😅) at a company doing impactful work.
Why am I blogging and why now?
I realized I was spending a lot of time learning cool things, but none of it was documented. And if I didn’t start now, I never would. So here I am, excited to share them!
And to be honest, this blog isn’t just for others. It’s also for me.
I want a place to come back to a year from now and be like, “Ohh right, that’s how this thing worked.”
That means my blogs will be simple, honest, and easy to follow. No over-engineering. Just real learnings, as they happen.
What to Expect Here:
I’ll be posting once a week (that’s the goal!) about things I’m learning in:
• AI / ML
• System Design
• Cool tech I stumble on
• Maybe even some project breakdowns or dev rants
If you’re learning this stuff too—or just curious about how engineers in the AI space think—this blog might be for you.
Also, I’d love feedback. If you’ve got thoughts on what I should write about, or how I write it, let me know!
That’s all for now.
Took me 1.5 hours to write this (why does nobody talk about how hard writing is??), but I’m glad I did.
Catch you in the next one —
Snehitha :)
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