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==== Attendees

. link:https://x.com/Alpastx[Alpesh Bhagwatkar^]
. link:https://twitter.com/bhavesh878789[Bhavesh Kukreja^]
. link:https://twitter.com/DhiruCodes[Dheeraj Lalwani (Dhiru)^]
. link:https://twitter.com/harshgkapadia[Harsh Kapadia^]
. link:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaustubhkhavnekar[Kaustubh Khavnekar^]
. Bhushan Agrawal
. GAMILTRON
. Rudraksh Mehta
. Shivang Chheda
. Yogesh Singh
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Date: 02-05-2026

Duration: 2 hr 15 mins

==== Topics Discussed

* The session started with a talk on emergency phone alerts in the US, how simultaneous broadcasts feel in offices, what typical messages contain (vehicle or clothing cues, names, last-seen hints), and anecdotal views on how quickly children are found.
** Alpesh Bhagwatkar recalled reading rough recovery-rate figures in roughly the 50–60% range, without claiming rigorous statistics. Later in chat Kaustubh shared an Ontario Police–quoted report suggesting very high safe-recovery rates after Amber-style alerts—still jurisdiction-specific and not directly comparable to informal anecdotes.
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* The session started with a talk on emergency phone alerts in the US, how simultaneous broadcasts feel in offices, what typical messages contain (vehicle or clothing cues, names, last-seen hints), and anecdotal views on how quickly children are found.
** Alpesh Bhagwatkar recalled reading rough recovery-rate figures in roughly the 50–60% range, without claiming rigorous statistics. Later in chat Kaustubh shared an Ontario Police–quoted report suggesting very high safe-recovery rates after Amber-style alerts—still jurisdiction-specific and not directly comparable to informal anecdotes.
* Brief discussion took place on emergency alert systems and their real-world impact.

* Harsh Kapadia and Alpesh briefly discussed shell prompt customization (`PS1` / “prompt statement”): showing Git branch metadata versus history / exit-status placeholders such as `!` and `?`, which Alpesh said he had not dug into despite seeing them daily.
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* Harsh Kapadia and Alpesh briefly discussed shell prompt customization (`PS1` / “prompt statement”): showing Git branch metadata versus history / exit-status placeholders such as `!` and `?`, which Alpesh said he had not dug into despite seeing them daily.
* Harsh Kapadia and Alpesh briefly discussed shell prompt customization (`PS1` / “prompt statement”): showing Git branch metadata versus history / exit-status placeholders such as `!` and `?`

**Shivang Chheda clarified in chat that in one common convention `+n` counts staged files, `!n` modified-but-unstaged files, and `?n` untracked files—and that “PS” here means the shell prompt, not PowerShell.
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**Shivang Chheda clarified in chat that in one common convention `+n` counts staged files, `!n` modified-but-unstaged files, and `?n` untracked filesand that “PS” here means the shell prompt, not PowerShell.
** Shivang Chheda clarified that in one common convention `+n` counts staged files, `!n` modified-but-unstaged files, and `?n` untracked files and that “PS” here means the shell prompt, not PowerShell.

** Bhavesh Kukreja pointed at link:https://github.com/HarshKapadia2/dotfiles/tree/main/customize-ps1[Harsh’s `customize-ps1` notes^] for reference.
* Alpesh showcased internal tooling at Cyber Unbound (cyber-security-focused recruitment), built after earlier resistance to automation inside the agency.
* Alpesh’s second demo was a static typing-practice site in the Monkeytype mould but seeded with offensive-security commands and one-line explanations
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* Alpesh’s second demo was a static typing-practice site in the Monkeytype mould but seeded with offensive-security commands and one-line explanations
* Alpesh showed a static typing-practice site in the Monkeytype mould but seeded with offensive-security commands and one-line explanations

* GAMILTRON asked for hackathon-laptop advice on a roughly ₹20–30k budget saved from pocket money, primarily general web/systems development rather than heavy local AI.
** Suggestions spanned stretching toward a used Apple silicon MacBook if finances allow, buying vetted refurbished business-class Windows machines, verifying CPU generation (Windows 11 eligibility versus Linux-first setups), favouring SSDs over HDDs and planning at least ~500 GB for tooling footprints like `node_modules`, and understanding RAM/core trade-offs versus his powerful gift-built desktop (RTX 4070 class, ample RAM) that cannot travel.
** Harsh cautioned against exposing a home PC over the internet for remote hackathon use—carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) realities in India, tunneling products popular in self-hosted circles, and his own past US experience with dynamic DNS, SSH exposure, and frequent ISP-blocked intrusion attempts even with mitigations—while acknowledging theoretical workarounds Shivang Chheda raised.
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** Harsh cautioned against exposing a home PC over the internet for remote hackathon use—carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) realities in India, tunneling products popular in self-hosted circles, and his own past US experience with dynamic DNS, SSH exposure, and frequent ISP-blocked intrusion attempts even with mitigations—while acknowledging theoretical workarounds Shivang Chheda raised.
** Harsh advised against exposing a personal computer to the internet for hackathons. He explained that due to CGNAT in India it’s not straightforward, and even if you make it work using tunneling or port forwarding, your system can attract hacking attempts. Based on his experience, even with protections, such setups face frequent attacks, so it’s risky unless properly secured.

** The group disagreed politely on whether selling the desktop to fund one strong portable machine made sense versus keeping both tiers of hardware.

==== Additional resources

* link:https://missing.csail.mit.edu[MIT Missing Semester (OTC chat)^]
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* link:https://missing.csail.mit.edu[MIT Missing Semester (OTC chat)^]
* link:https://missing.csail.mit.edu[MIT Missing Semester^]

* link:https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/ontario-police-say-more-than-90-of-amber-alerts-lead-to-safe-recovery-of-children/[Ontario Police on Amber Alert outcomes (CTV News) — Kaustubh^]
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* link:https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/ontario-police-say-more-than-90-of-amber-alerts-lead-to-safe-recovery-of-children/[Ontario Police on Amber Alert outcomes (CTV News) — Kaustubh^]

* link:https://github.com/HarshKapadia2/dotfiles/tree/main/customize-ps1[Harsh Kapadia — customize `PS1` (dotfiles)^]
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* link:https://github.com/HarshKapadia2/dotfiles/tree/main/customize-ps1[Harsh Kapadia — customize `PS1` (dotfiles)^]

* link:https://tornews.com/privacy/security/what-is-google-dorking/[What is Google dorking? (Tor News)^]
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* link:https://tornews.com/privacy/security/what-is-google-dorking[What is Google dorking? (Tor News)^]

* link:https://www.hackthebox.com[Hack The Box^]
* link:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788857[Hacker News — IPv8 draft thread — GAMILTRON / Bhavesh^]
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* link:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788857[Hacker News IPv8 draft thread — GAMILTRON / Bhavesh^]
* link:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788857[Hacker News - IPv8^]

* link:https://www.datacamp.com/blog/faiss-facebook-ai-similarity-search[Datacamp — Faiss overview — Rudraksh^]
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* link:https://www.datacamp.com/blog/faiss-facebook-ai-similarity-search[Datacamp Faiss overview — Rudraksh^]
* link:https://www.datacamp.com/blog/faiss-facebook-ai-similarity-search[Datacamp - Faiss overview^]

* link:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24601[arXiv:2512.24601^]
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* link:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24601[arXiv: Recursive Language Models^]

* link:https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7456373930421870592/[Bhavesh — LinkedIn project update (AutoTriage)^]
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* link:https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7456373930421870592[Bhavesh - LinkedIn project update (AutoTriage)^]

* link:https://medium.com/@amritsinghbist/understanding-langchain-what-it-is-why-its-needed-and-how-to-use-it-c482f56fa1b5[Understanding LangChain (Medium)^]
* link:https://github.com/BhaveshKukreja29/AutoTriage/blob/main/code/router.py#L30[AutoTriage `router.py` (regex excerpt)^]
* link:https://github.com/BhaveshKukreja29/AutoTriage/blob/main/code/router.py#L58[AutoTriage `router.py` (prompt routing)^]
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* link:https://github.com/BhaveshKukreja29/AutoTriage[AutoTriage - GitHub^]

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-meow-mrrp[IETF Datatracker — draft-meow-mrrp^]
* link:https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549[RFC 2549^]
* link:https://www.reenigne.org/blog/8086-microcode-disassembled/[8086 microcode disassembled (Reenigne)^]
* link:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735133[Hacker News — 8086 microcode post^]
* link:https://www.righto.com/2013/01/inside-alu-of-8085-microprocessor.html[Inside the ALU of the 8085 (Righto)^]
* link:https://www.cse.iitd.ac.in/~ssen/journals/jacm.pdf[Cache-friendly algorithms — JACM paper (IIT Delhi mirror)^]
* link:https://gist.github.com/HarshKapadia2/53667760d966cb81a6c1df44f9553c9e[Harsh Kapadia — gist^]
* link:https://meetup.ourtech.community/5[Caught Up With OTC — Meet #5^]
* link:https://www.youtube.com/@OnurMutluLectures[Onur Mutlu — lectures^]
* link:https://www.read.ai/pp[Read.ai privacy policy — meeting bot notice^]
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