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20 Jul 2026 • 07 Mins read
The Model Is the Brain. The Harness Is the Body.
What I learned teaching vibe coding through context limits, phase prompts, validation loops, and the strange vector geometry inside language models.
Ashish Kumar Verma
Microsoft x IIT Delhi
Systems thinker. Builder. Polymath.
Engineer, researcher, speaker, and builder working across AI, science, and technology.
Panelist with the Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at Pariksha Pe Charcha, I am an Engineer at Microsoft and Google Developer Expert who gives tech talks across India. My project was recognized and converted into formal research by the University of Waterloo. I also hacked the JEE Advanced software, which is India's national exam. As a Japan Sakura Science alumnus and National Winner in Web Technology and Artificial Intelligence, I hold Rank 1 in Rashtriya Bal Vaigyanik and have delivered 20+ tech talks as a speaker. I am a NITI Aayog Student Mentor, Microsoft Fastest Coder Hack Winner (AIR 2), and Intel AI4Youth UNESCO scholar. I’ve authored 4 research papers, and one was published in Springer Nature Magazine. I’m deeply passionate about pure science and technology.
I write about AI systems, product judgment, scientific ideas, engineering tradeoffs, and ambitious experiments that actually survive contact with reality.
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Continue Reading10 May 2026 • 15 Mins read
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Continue Reading14 Apr 2026 • 11 Mins read
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Continue Reading12 Apr 2026 • 07 Mins read
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