My First Neural Network Hasn't Learned Anything Yet
· 3 min · AI
49 lines of PyTorch, an MNIST model that can't recognise a single digit, and why I'm weirdly happy about it.
mrdsa04 / full-stack builder
Hey, I'm Dewan.
I'm Dewan Shakil Akhtar, a Member of Technical Staff at Stellon Labs, a San Francisco-based YC S25 company, working on on-device AI and SDKs, and full-stack product engineering. I write about what I'm building and the tradeoffs behind it.
Recent posts
Writing, notes, and build logs.
I Built a Queue for My AI Coding Agent
· 4 min · Claude Code
I kept losing good ideas while Claude was busy. So I built claude-message-queue, a small plugin that saves the next thing to do and runs it only after the current work is finished.
Learning PyTorch as a Mobile Engineer
· 3 min · AI
I have spent a lot of time shipping models to phones without really understanding how they are trained. So I started learning, from the very beginning.
Work
Roles, builds, and archived projects.
Ledref
Archived | FounderArchived newsletter builder with drag-and-drop editing, AI helpers, and analytics.
Coldpen
Archived | FounderArchived cold email platform for founders and small teams. Domain retired.
Stack
The tools I reach for.
TypeScript
React Native- React
Node.js
Python
C++
Go
Firebase
Supabase
Docker
GCP
Convex
Contact
Need to reach me?
If you want to say hi, ask about something I've built, or need help with React Native, AI SDKs, or product engineering, you can reach me here.
hi@mrdsa.dev