https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/ Essays and notes on robotics, computer vision, startups and the path from mechanical engineering into software. en-us https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/founder-to-venture-partner/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/founder-to-venture-partner/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What changes when a hard-tech founder starts sitting in on diligence as a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, what I look for in robotics and computer vision companies, and how I keep it separate from running OctaPulse venture capital Pioneer Fund Y Combinator robotics hardware startup https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/teaching-agentic-ai/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/teaching-agentic-ai/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What building and teaching the hands-on labs for Carnegie Mellon's Agentic AI Program taught me about agents, about explaining things, and about my own engineering at OctaPulse teaching agentic AI CMU LLMs education OctaPulse https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/yc-experience/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/yc-experience/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT What the Y Combinator application and interview actually select for, written from the position of someone who was rejected once with a software company and accepted later with a fish company Y Combinator startup entrepreneurship OctaPulse robotics https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/yc-robotics-lessons/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/yc-robotics-lessons/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The transferable half of going through Y Combinator with a hardware company: what a weekly cadence does to a business with lead times, how to pick a metric nobody can argue upward, and what the batch is genuinely good for when you cannot ship daily. Y Combinator robotics startup OctaPulse entrepreneurship https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/cofounder-dynamics/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/cofounder-dynamics/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Navigating co-founder relationships, finding complementary skills, and building a strong founding team for your startup. startup entrepreneurship co-founder leadership OctaPulse https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/full-stack-autonomous-fish-farm/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/full-stack-autonomous-fish-farm/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Walking a fish farm layer by layer the way you would read an architecture diagram: what is actually measured today, how, where it breaks, and which layers are tractable to automate now aquaculture computer vision OctaPulse robotics deep tech https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/marine-computer-vision/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/marine-computer-vision/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Water is part of the optical path, not the backdrop. What scattering, specularity and a deformable subject actually do to a vision pipeline, measured on our own captures. computer vision marine robotics OctaPulse deep learning https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/running-octapulse-yc-w26/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/running-octapulse-yc-w26/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT What it actually felt like to run a hardware and computer vision company through the Y Combinator Winter 2026 batch, when your customers are fish farms and your timelines belong to biology Y Combinator OctaPulse aquaculture hardware computer vision https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/what-autonomy-means-fish-farm/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/what-autonomy-means-fish-farm/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Autonomy is a loop: measure, decide, act. Aquaculture is stuck on the first step, and the reason is the physical world, not the model. aquaculture computer vision OctaPulse autonomy robotics https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/cmu-computer-vision/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/cmu-computer-vision/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT My journey through CMU's Computer Vision program, exploring cutting-edge techniques in image processing, deep learning, and visual perception. computer vision machine learning education research https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/mbb-first-try/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/mbb-first-try/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT Jumping into consulting, what got me interested and my experience preparing for the interviews consulting case studies BCG McKinsey https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/cmu-deep-learning/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/cmu-deep-learning/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT My journey through CMU's world-renowned Intro to Deep Learning class, focused on unraveling the black box and exploring techniques in deep learning, and model training best practices. model training deep learning education research CMU 11-785 autograd https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/bio-inspired-fish-robot-lessons/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/bio-inspired-fish-robot-lessons/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT What I learned from designing and building T-Bone, a bio-inspired fish robot - from CFD simulations to real-world aquatic testing. robotics bio-inspired engineering research CMU https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/hardware-vs-software-startups/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/hardware-vs-software-startups/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT The unique challenges of building a robotics startup compared to pure software - from manufacturing and supply chains to iteration cycles and fundraising. startup robotics hardware entrepreneurship OctaPulse https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/ocean-tech-frontier/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/ocean-tech-frontier/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT The vast untapped potential of ocean technology - why more founders should be building for the 70% of Earth we've barely explored. ocean tech robotics OctaPulse startup deep tech https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/side-project-to-company/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/side-project-to-company/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT How to know when a side project is ready to become a real company - the signs, the risks, and the decision-making process. startup entrepreneurship side projects career decision making https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/yc-double-interview/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/yc-double-interview/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT A unique experience of being interviewed twice by Y Combinator in the same batch (S24), with different startups and different outcomes. startups Y Combinator entrepreneurship interviews https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/freelancing-journey/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/freelancing-journey/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT A detailed breakdown of how I started my freelancing journey and successfully earned $50,000 in additional income during the first half of 2024. freelancing entrepreneurship software development career https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/software-rotational-programs/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/software-rotational-programs/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT A critical analysis of software engineering rotational programs and why they often serve more political purposes than developmental ones. career software engineering corporate culture professional development https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/mechanical-to-swe-internship/ https://www.rohxnsxngh.com/blog/mechanical-to-swe-internship/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMT A comprehensive guide on transitioning from mechanical engineering to software engineering internships, based on personal experience and practical strategies. career software engineering mechanical engineering internships