By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev I've sent over fifty cold emails to professors and startup founders. Most got ignored. Some got replies. A few turned into actual research affiliations. Here is what separated the two groups. Read something they wrote first Most emails to professors read the
By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev Every student has had the same moment. You write something yourself, run it through Turnitin out of paranoia, and it comes back flagged as partially AI generated. You didn't use AI. The tool is wrong. And there's no clean way
By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev A lot of students assume a perfect GPA and a high test score is what gets you into a competitive CS program. Those numbers get you past the first filter. They don't get you the offer. Here's what I'
By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev People throw around the term "AI assistant" for almost anything now. A chatbot is called an assistant. A code autocomplete tool is called an assistant. But most of these tools only exist when you're actively talking to them. Close the
By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev Open source sounds intimidating from the outside. Massive codebases, experienced maintainers, pull requests that get picked apart in review. Most students never try because it feels like something you need to already be good enough for. That's backwards. Contributing is how you
By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev Most people's experience with AI models goes through a browser or an app. You type something, it goes to a server somewhere, a response comes back. That's the default. But there's a whole other category of AI that
By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev If you've been anywhere near the developer side of Twitter or Reddit lately, you've probably seen Claude Code come up. People are calling it a game changer. Some are saying it's the most useful AI tool they'
If you've used ChatGPT, Claude, or any large language model, you've probably seen the word "tokens" come up, on pricing pages, in rate limit errors, or in API docs. But what actually is a token? And why should you care? Understanding tokens isn'
By Venkata Anirudh Devireddy · Endoblog.dev You've learned to code. You've done the courses. Maybe you've even grinded some LeetCode. But when it's time to apply for internships or jobs, you hit a wall: everyone else has a portfolio too. So how
The AI landscape in 2025 is crowded. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Copilot — the list goes on. Each promises to revolutionize how you work, but which one should you actually use? Here's the truth: there's no single "best" AI. Each excels in different areas.
The Complete Breakdown of Google’s AI Ecosystem Google is no longer experimenting with artificial intelligence. It is systematically embedding AI into everything it builds. From large language models and autonomous coding agents to video generation, research assistants, and creative tools, Google has assembled one of the most complete AI
We covered the fundamentals of prompting—clarity, specificity, format definition, and iteration—in the first part of this series. With those basics under our belt, we can now proceed with more sophisticated methods for extending the accuracy, depth, and reactivity of your interaction with AI models like ChatGPT or image