Build Your Own X: Learning by Rebuilding the Tools We Use
A personal reflection on the Build Your Own X repository, why rebuilding real technologies from scratch is such a powerful way to learn programming, AI, systems, and web engineering.
Notes, projects, lessons, and field reports from my work in AI, data, web systems, and personal tools.
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A personal reflection on the Build Your Own X repository, why rebuilding real technologies from scratch is such a powerful way to learn programming, AI, systems, and web engineering.

A deep technical case study on Anna, my personal AI chatbot for Max Hoang Journal, including the motivation, UX, RAG pipeline, markdown brain, memory layers, admin workflow, safety rules, and lessons learned.

A study note answering common NLP questions about ABSA, tokenisation, Naive Bayes, vector semantics, logistic regression, RAG, fine-tuning, hallucinations, and ethics.

A personal note on persistent agent memory, reusable agent skills, and stealth browser automation as the next layer of practical AI engineering.
VideoI am going to use Excel, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, and Power BI to follow a data analyst portfolio project.
VideoA good YouTube series about building an SQL database and connecting it with Power BI to create a full analytics dashboard.