Aarav Puri 
I built BarcodeSense using vibe coding—coding side‑by‑side with AI, focusing less on writing actual code and more on momentum, intuition, and rapid iteration. The idea came from real life: my dad is vegetarian, and I kept noticing how often packaged foods quietly include ingredients that don’t actually fit vegetarian diets. I wanted a simple way … Read more
This summer I had the chance to mentor students in the Zero Robotics Galactic Greenhouse challenge, where teams programmed NASA’s Astrobee robots to plant, water, and harvest crops in a simulated space greenhouse. The competition works by having students write code that controls the Astrobee in a head-to-head simulation, where every decision such as when … Read more
I’m thrilled to announce that our team, the Jumping Javas, placed third in the novice division at this year’s Lockheed Martin CodeQuest competition! As first-time participants, we faced the challenge of solving complex programming problems within a strict 2.5-hour time limit. CodeQuest, Lockheed Martin’s premier programming competition, tests high school and college students’ coding abilities, … Read more
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women” – Maya Angelou For my English class, I had to explore feminism from a different perspective, so I decided to talk to my mom about it. My mom explained feminism as something that came … Read more