Binh Nguyen
Building fulcrum — an AI-native expert network. Previously shipped software at Momos. Writing at nvbinh.substack.com.
Now
Most of my week is on fulcrum — search quality, advisor sourcing, and the AI interviewer that runs the first call. Splitting time between Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore. Always happy to talk to operators, advisors, and people building in adjacent spaces.
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.
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
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