Binh Nguyen
Building fulcrum — an AI-native expert network. Previously shipped software at Momos. Writing at nvbinh.substack.com.
Building
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fulcrum
AI-native expert network for strategy teams, investors, and consultants.
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Momies
In-app guide agent that walks Momos users through workflows by voice and text. Won the org-wide hackathon.
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Hoggle
Wand-waving spell practice for Muggles. Built in 48 hours, won first place at the Cursor Hackathon in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Headroom
macOS menu-bar widget showing remaining Claude and Codex usage.
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Laser Tag++
AR shooting game with on-chip motion detection running on an Avnet Ultra96-V2 FPGA. NUS capstone.
- More on GitHub
Writing
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The Old Joy of Writing Code Has Gone Away
AI took the friction out of coding. The friction is what I learned from.
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My Hiring Philosophy
Curiosity beats credentials. The four traits I actually screen for.
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Cursor Hackathon: A Reflection
Won 700+ people, 48 hours, with a wand-tracking spell trainer. The lesson wasn’t winning — it was that ideas are cheap.
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Top 10 Books I Read in 2025
Ten books that stuck. And the ones I let myself put down.
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From Friends with Benefits to Natural Selection
A friend’s bad date sent me down a rabbit hole on evolutionary mating strategy.
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My NOC Journey: Merci, À Bientôt
Two rejections, then Paris. What NOC actually taught me — and whether you should apply.
Reading
Background
- Software Engineer, Momos
- ML / Software Intern, Vebits
- Data Science Intern, Science Feedback (Paris)
- ML Engineer Intern, Neuron Mobility
- Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant, NUS
- BEng Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Second-top of cohort. GPA 4.90/5.0. Minors in Management and Data Engineering. NUS Overseas Colleges Paris ‘23.
Elsewhere
Substack · GitHub · LinkedIn · X · binh@usefulcrum.io