The Best Practices Lie: On Dealing with Ambiguity

The methodologies that get you into elite institutions—optimized for speed and pattern recognition—become liabilities when facing the genuine ambiguity of startups and real-world problems.

October 31, 2025 • 📖 8 min read • Terry Chen

Building AI That Actually Understands How Students Learn

How we built an LLM system that identifies student learning gaps and connects them with peers who've solved similar problems—scaling personalized mentorship through AI that understands the nuances of how people actually learn.

August 15, 2024 • 📖 27 min read • Terry Chen