Subin's Storyboard
A personal archive of observations.
A record of the essays and stories I've written, the trips and leaps I didn't want to forget, and the software I built along the way — kept here because attention, once paid, is worth keeping.
People, technology, places, ambition, memory, love, identity, and the strange ways they intersect.
Featured writing
Selected observations from the notebook.
Fiction, poetry, engineering, football, travel, and personal essays appear here as one archive. The thread is not subject matter. The thread is attention.
Story from Nepal
On my way to get the Pfizer vaccine. people were arranged like a deck of cards on the van. I sat on the leftover made up seat, by the side of the door that slid to and fro, behind the driver...
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The weight of an autumn breeze
Today is October, and early this morning when I went to the park for a run, I felt the cool autumn breeze hugging me, just as if Mother Nature were bestowing a gentle blessing upon me. I cou...
Life / Oct 17, 2026 / 18 min read
I pray
I Pray Oh God, I pray for eyes that can still see the beauty of this world, ears that listen to the quiet voice of nature, and a mind that learns to do hard things. Please bless me with a de...
Life / Oct 5, 2026 / 2 min read
Is Deep Care and Love Dead?
Deep love and care in this modern world can often feel dead. This was the conclusion I was rapidly reaching, and I desperately needed a few reasons to disprove it—searching for an oasis in t...
Life / Oct 4, 2026 / 14 min readRecent writing
Latest from the archive.
The weight of an autumn breeze
Personal observation / 18 min read
Oct 5, 2026I pray
Personal observation / 2 min read
Oct 4, 2026Is Deep Care and Love Dead?
Personal observation / 14 min read
Sep 20, 2026What is Ledger Nano S Plus: Cryptocurrency
Systems observation / 7 min read
Aug 27, 2026Book Review of Tuesday with Morrie
Notebook fragment / 12 min read
Aug 25, 2026With or Without You
Personal observation / 2 min read
Aug 25, 2026Book Review on White Nights
Notebook fragment / 4 min read
Index
Recurring lines of attention.
These are not separate departments. They are recurring ways of looking: at people, systems, places, games, memory, and desire.
Love & Letting Go
Poems, stories, and reflections on longing, missed chances, heartbreak, beauty, and release.
9 piecesLoneliness & Home
Writing about distance, friendship, misfitting, belonging, solitude, and the idea of home.
9 piecesSystems, Search & AI
Technical explorations of retrieval, software systems, AI, security, and how modern tools might work.
2 piecesFootball & Tactics
Football analysis through structure, risk, reward, formation battles, and tactical behavior.
4 piecesTravel & Place
Travel notes, place guides, trips, Louisiana, Florida, Nepal, and the memory of elsewhere.
4 piecesGuides & Practical Notes
Useful walkthroughs, exam prep, setup notes, mitigation writeups, and practical technical guides.
6 piecesArrie
Some people become memories before we realize they were becoming memories.
About the author
I write to notice what ordinary life keeps trying to say.
Work
Things I built along the way.
Software and research projects sit here as supporting context: another expression of the same curiosity that drives the writing.
Semantic Search Engine
A full-stack semantic PDF search and Q&A platform enabling contextual question answering from indexed PDF manuscripts.
Textify – Digital Humanities Platform
Digital humanities platform that digitizes manuscripts in Old English, Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit using Google Cloud Vision OCR and advanced computer vision to structure and analyze ancient documents.
InstaRelief
Parametric micro-insurance platform that detects NOAA weather alerts, pre-credits impacted users, and enables audited Solana payouts via Phantom. Demonstrates an automated disaster-relief workflow using Firebase, Cloud Functions, and a lightweight AI assistant.
FAQBot AI Chat Support Widget
A multi-tenant AI chatbot widget that handles customer FAQs with automatic analytics and content control.
Recognition
President's Medal for Academic ExcellenceSoutheastern Louisiana University / May 2026
LIVE the Code AwardDSA Annual Convocation, Southeastern Louisiana University / April 2026
Nexus DevDays Award WinnerNexus DevDays 2026 / March 2026
MLH Best Use of SolanaHackNYU / November 2025
MMR Group Technology ScholarshipSoutheastern Louisiana University / 2026
CGB Technology and Industry ScholarshipDepartment of Computer Science, Southeastern Louisiana University / February 2026
Thomas F. Higginbotham ScholarshipSoutheastern Louisiana University / 2025–2026
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Scholarship AwardUpsilon Pi Epsilon / December 2024
DXC Technology Intern AI Challenge WinnerDXC Technology / May 2024
ConnectMe: QR-Powered Digital Business CardsInternational Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) / 2024
Adventures
Life is experience. Live it!!!
Live Young and Free — a running log of the leaps, trips, and turning points, off to the side of the writing archive.
Read the full log →Recipes
Things I've cooked, changed, and kept making.
A slowly growing personal kitchen archive and recipes I've cooked, adapted from things I've tried, or kept coming back to.
Open the kitchen archive →- Shawarma-Style Rice with Soya Chunks & Greek YogurtGolden spiced rice with soya chunks and greek yogurt
- Pita Bread with Roasted Potatoes & Greek YogurtCrispy spiced potatoes, juicy tomatoes, and creamy Greek yogurt with warm pita bread.
- Sadeko WaiWai, A Taste of ChildhoodA tangy, spicy Nepali noodle snack
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