--- title: "Timeline" url: "https://ankush.one/timeline/" description: "Ankush's journey through tech - a chronological timeline of projects, hackathons, achievements, and milestones in web development and open-source." author: "Ankush Singh" --- # Timeline To see just projects, check out the [projects page](https://ankush.one/projects/) Here you can find a timeline of the things I do in my life (non exhaustive). I try to keep it updated and ordered, unless I'm too lazy to do so. A few hackathons don't have an entry of their own yet: second place at the Crewsphere ICP college-level hackathon (2023), and taking part in LFGHO '24, NASA CanSat '24 (cleared the PDR round), SIH Tekathon 2.0 (2023), Hack The Mountains 3.0 (2022), the AWS Community Day quizzes (2022) and the MIT App Inventor hackathon (2019). ## 2026 - [Our first technical report](https://ankush.one/timeline/2026.first-tech-report/index.md): Co-authored Construct Technical Report 2026-01 with Nischal Naik, a study of swapping TypeSafe's Jev for Cloudflare's Clef decision models in a production agent. Tags: construct, ai-agents, machine-learning. (2026-10-05) - [Launched NepoNet on Product Hunt](https://ankush.one/timeline/2026.neponet-product-hunt/index.md): Launched NepoNet, a warm intro finder for X, on Product Hunt with Vibhansh Alok. It finished #9 Product of the Day. Tags: construct, ai-agents, product-hunt. (2026-09-18) - [#1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt](https://ankush.one/timeline/2026.construct-product-hunt/index.md): Launched Construct Computer on Product Hunt. It finished #1 Product of the Day and #5 Product of the Week in Productivity 🏆️ Tags: construct, ai-agents, product-hunt. (2026-08-23) - [TinyFish Accelerator Build Sprint](https://ankush.one/timeline/2026.tinyfish-build-sprint/index.md): Construct got into the Build Sprint of the TinyFish Accelerator, a two week virtual intensive for founders building AI agents. Tags: construct, ai-agents. (2026-03-31) - [Co-founded Construct Computer](https://ankush.one/timeline/2026.construct/index.md): Co-founded Construct Computer with Nischal Naik: a workforce of AI employees that each get their own cloud computer. Tags: job, construct, ai-agents. (2026-02-20) ## 2025 - [Laid off from Forward Research](https://ankush.one/timeline/2025.fwd-layoff/index.md): Laid off from Forward Research just before completing one year there. Tags: job. (2025-10-24) - [Singapore + Kuala Lumpur](https://ankush.one/timeline/2025.ada-kl/index.md): Attended Arweave Day Asia '25 in Singapore, then moved to Kuala Lumpur for 12 days of coworking with fellow founders. Tags: travel, arweave. (2025-10-02) - [Bangkok Workcation](https://ankush.one/timeline/2025.bangkok/index.md): First international trip: got my passport and moved to Bangkok for a month of coworking with fellow founders. Tags: travel. (2025-05-16) - [Organised Arweave Day India](https://ankush.one/timeline/2025.adi/index.md): Organised a multi-day summit and hackerhouse with keynotes, hands-on sessions, panels and interactive sessions. Tags: talk, arweave. (2025-04-26) - [Hosted ADI Tour at GGN & CHD](https://ankush.one/timeline/2025.adi-tours/index.md): Spoke about Arweave, the hackerhouses, launchpad and everything Arweave India in Gurgaon and Chandigarh Tags: talk, arweave. (2025-03-30) ## 2024 - [Bounties at ETHIndia '24](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.ethindia/index.md): Won 3rd place and 2 pool prizes from Coinbase Developer Platform Tags: hackathon. (2024-12-09) - [Judge at Arweave FullStackHack](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.fsh-judge/index.md): Judged 40+ builds at the Arweave Full Stack Hack, a hackathon to build permaweb apps organised by Longview Labs. Tags: hackathon, arweave. (2024-11-27) - [EIR at FWD](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.fwd/index.md): Started working as an Entrepreneur in Residence with Forward Research, building developer tools for the Arweave ecosystem. Tags: job, arweave. (2024-11-01) - [Weavers Raid III](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.weavers3/index.md): Built a Vercel-like deployment platform for permaweb apps and won third place. Tags: hackathon, arweave. (2024-08-01) - [ArweaveIndia Demo Day](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.demoday/index.md): Demoed BetterIDEa and Clickoor at the ArweaveIndia Demo Day. Tags: talk, arweave. (2024-07-01) - [Developer Relations Engineer @ Arweave India](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.community-manager/index.md): Support developers, build mini apps, organise events Tags: job, arweave. (2024-06-01) - [UPES, Dehradun: Hackathon 8.0](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.upes/index.md): Built an AI enabled web browser for detecting sus activities on websites. One of the top 5 projects Tags: hackathon. (2024-03-16) - [AO testnet Launch - 27th Feb, 2024!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.ao-launch/index.md): Launched BetterIDEa Tags: arweave. (2024-02-27) - [Arweave India Launchpad program!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.launchpad/index.md): Joined the three month Arweave India Launchpad program, building BetterIDEa as a product. Tags: arweave. (2024-01-27) - [Met Sam Williams IRL at Bangalore!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2024.sam/index.md): Attended the exclusive AO reveal event for Indian hackers and met Sam Williams, founder of Arweave. Tags: arweave. (2024-01-10) ## 2023 - [Won the Arweave ⓐ Hackerhouse at Bangalore](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.hackerhouse/index.md): Built a web based IDE for Arweave Smartweave contracts Tags: hackathon, arweave. (2023-12-07) - [Got selected as an Arweave Scholar!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.ar-scholar/index.md): Built GitAR, a bounty platform for Arweave projects, and got a fully sponsored trip to the Arweave India Hackerhouse in Bangalore. Tags: arweave. (2023-11-20) - [Participated in E-Suraksha hackathon at CU](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.esuraksha/index.md): Participated in the E-Suraksha hackathon at CU. Tags: hackathon. (2023-11-20) - [Placed second in Hack-O-Octo!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.hack-o-octo/index.md): The hackathon that changed the direction of my life. Won 2nd place for building an OSS web3 bounty platform Tags: hackathon. (2023-10-22) - [Participated in Polkadot Ink Hackathon by Encode Club](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.polkadot/index.md): Built a game item marketplace on Polkadot Tags: hackathon. (2023-10-20) - [Won the Tableland prize at ETHOnline 2023](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.ethg23/index.md): Rebuilt GitRaven with a Tableland database for ETHOnline 2023 and won the Tableland prize pool 🏆️ Tags: hackathon. (2023-10-20) - [Got invited to IIT Guwahati IEEE GCON Conference!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.vegathon-2/index.md): Participated in Vegathon finals at GCON & Won first prize 💪 Tags: hackathon, hardware. (2023-06-10) - [Got shortlisted into top 6 teams to the POC stage of Vegathon](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.vegathon-1/index.md): Started intense development of our Indigenous Flight Controller Tags: hackathon, hardware. (2023-05-10) - [Accpeted for CDACs GCON Vegathon](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.vegathon-0/index.md): Got the opportunity to work with VEGA microcontrollers. CDAC sent us a VEGA Aries V2 board for the hackathon. Tags: hackathon, hardware. (2023-04-10) - [Qualified for Level 2 of Gujarat Robofest](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.robofest/index.md): Our underwater drone proposal got accepted, with ₹50k funding from the Gujarat Govt. to build a proof of concept. Tags: hardware. (2023-04-05) - [Visited IIT Roorkee during Cognizance (Their TechFest)!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.cogni/index.md): Won 1st prize in the Intel OneAPI hackathon and took part in Blockathon. Tags: hackathon. (2023-03-05) - [Participated in HackNSUT '23](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.hacknsut/index.md): Built an attendance NFT reward system Tags: hackathon. (2023-02-05) - [First hackathon win of the year - SheBuilds!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2023.shebuilds/index.md): Used Rust for the first time, loved it 😳 Tags: hackathon. (2023-01-05) ## 2022 - [Attended my first DevFest](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.devfest/index.md): Attended my first DevFest, organised by GDG Ludhiana. (2022-12-20) - [Won Support-a-thon hackathon on Devpost!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.support-a-thon/index.md): Won 'Best use of cockroachDB' track Tags: hackathon. (2022-12-08) - [Won WeMakeDevs <> Stream hackathon on Devpost!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.wmd/index.md): Built a game with Unity and won 'Best educational game' track Tags: hackathon. (2022-12-07) - [Got an Internship at PhysicsWallah!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.pw-intern/index.md): Joined PhysicsWallah as a Tech Intern. Tags: job. (2022-11-08) - [2nd in Hash-It-Out Coding Competition!](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.hash-it-out/index.md): Placed 2nd in the Hash-It-Out coding competition organised by CSI. Tags: hackathon. (2022-11-07) - [Won two prizes at Neighbourhood Hacks 2](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.nh2/index.md): Won Best Use of DeSo and Most Creative Use of GitHub Tags: hackathon. (2022-11-06) - [Joined Hackoverflow Society](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.hackoverflow/index.md): Became a Tech Coordinator for Hackoverflow, the college tech society. (2022-09-08) - [Participated in IC-Hack 2022 Hackathon](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.ichack/index.md): My first real offline hackathon, at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. Secured a top 5 position in the Education Track. Tags: hackathon. (2022-09-03) - [Started College](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.started-college/index.md): Started college as a CS major. (2022-08-08) - [Graduated High School 12th Standard](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.bye-school/index.md): Graduated high school (12th standard). (2022-06-20) - [Participated in TezAsia Hackathon](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.tezasia/index.md): Learnt about SmartPy and Tezos smart contracts and developed an on-chain blogging webapp. Tags: hackathon. (2022-05-20) - [Developed Better PW](https://ankush.one/timeline/2022.better-pw/index.md): Developed Better PW, a lightweight alternative client for the Physics Wallah education platform. (2022-04-20) ## 2020 - [Started Discord Bot Development](https://ankush.one/timeline/2020.discord-dev/index.md): Built a lot of Discord bots with Discord.py for fun, and did a couple of paid gigs too. (2020) - [Started learning Python](https://ankush.one/timeline/2020.learn-py/index.md): Started learning Python, beginning with a Hello World. (2020) - [First freelance gig](https://ankush.one/timeline/2020.first-moni/index.md): Built an AR application that scans birds in children's picture books and plays bird sounds. Tags: job. (2020) - [Participated in a VXR hackathon by VRocKS](https://ankush.one/timeline/2020.vrocks/index.md): Developed a VR story telling demo for Android VR devices Tags: hackathon. (2020) ## 2019 - [Started learning Game Dev](https://ankush.one/timeline/2019.gamedev/index.md): Started learning game dev, published some games on the Play Store and got banned afterwards. Tags: game-dev. (2019) - [Built a Light Interferometer](https://ankush.one/timeline/2019.ligo/index.md): Replicated the physics behind LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) at home. Tags: hardware. (2019) - [Performed the Double Slit Experiment](https://ankush.one/timeline/2019.double-slit/index.md): Performed the double slit experiment with a cheap laser pointer and insulating tape, and learnt about the dual nature of light. Tags: hardware. (2019) - [Built an Ultrasonic Standing Wave 'Levitator'](https://ankush.one/timeline/2019.standing-wave/index.md): Built a mini ultrasonic levitator from a couple of ultrasonic modules and learned about standing waves. Tags: hardware. (2019) - [Assembled my first 3D printer Ender 3](https://ankush.one/timeline/2019.3dp/index.md): Assembled an Ender 3, my first 3D printer, and learnt a lot about the tech behind 3D printing. Tags: hardware. (2019) - [Built a LEGO line follower and modified gears to speed it up](https://ankush.one/timeline/2019.line-follower/index.md): Learnt about gear ratios and how infrared sensors work Tags: hardware. (2019) ## 2018 - [Got an Arduino UNO](https://ankush.one/timeline/2018.arduino/index.md): Learnt about IoT, embedded circuits and electronics, and built fun projects combining Arduino and LEGO Mindstorms. Tags: hardware. (2018) ## 2017 - [Made HTML tutorials](https://ankush.one/timeline/2017.html-tutorials/index.md): Made HTML and CSS video tutorials on YouTube for my school friends to learn from. (2017) - [Participated in a Cubing Competition](https://ankush.one/timeline/2017.cubecomp/index.md): Averaged around 40 seconds with a personal best of 34 seconds at a Rubik's cube competition. (2017) ## 2016 - [Hello World (QBASIC)](https://ankush.one/timeline/2016.qbasic/index.md): Wrote my first line of code in QBASIC. It might have been a simple "Hello World", but it sparked a lifelong obsession. (2016) - [Entered the world of STEM](https://ankush.one/timeline/2016.stem/index.md): Started creating science content on YouTube, exploring physics and chemistry from my home lab. (2016)