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Notes, projects, lessons, and field reports from my work in AI, data, web systems, and personal tools.

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AI
24 May 202628 min read

Anna: How I Built My Personal AI Chatbot

A deep technical case study on Anna, my personal AI chatbot for Max Hoang Journal, including the motivation, UX, RAG pipeline, markdown brain, memory layers, admin workflow, safety rules, and lessons learned.

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NLP
22 May 202613 min read

Common NLP Questions and Answers

A study note answering common NLP questions about ABSA, tokenisation, Naive Bayes, vector semantics, logistic regression, RAG, fine-tuning, hallucinations, and ethics.

Notes

Notes

Shorter, standalone notes from the same content database as the blog - knowledge snippets grouped by topic rather than long-form articles.

trip-storyagents-router

aihero.dev

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agents-router1 min read

AIHero.dev notes - agents router

AGENTS - aihero.dev Use this folder for AIHero course references and course-related learning notes. Publishing Rule All Markdown documents under content/obsidian/aihero.dev should

  • aihero
  • course
  • publishing-rule
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content / Daily Journal

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trip-story3 min read

Darwin to Adelaide: planning the east coast loop

This is the planning page for my next long trip: Darwin to Sydney, then Canberra, the Snowy Mountains, Melbourne, Adelaide, and back to Darwin. I want this story to grow in public

  • trip-story
  • travel
  • live-update
  • darwin
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Root notes

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13 min read

Common NLP Questions and Answers

A study note answering common NLP questions about ABSA, tokenisation, Naive Bayes, vector semantics, logistic regression, RAG, fine-tuning, hallucinations, and ethics.

  • NLP
  • Machine Learning
  • Text Classification
  • LLMs
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Max Hoang Journal

Practical notes on AI, service improvement, data-powered products, and public-sector innovation.

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Events

This week and what's next

Webinar | The Secrets to Success: An Interview with the Hackathon Winners | 25 August 2026 media
Coming up

Webinar | The Secrets to Success: An Interview with the Hackathon Winners | 25 August 2026

25 Aug 2026

Online

Review Notion content databases and plan homepage updates.

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Gov Hack Award - Sydney media
Passed

Gov Hack Award - Sydney

8 May 2026

Charles Darwin University

Upcoming sprint for AI product prototypes and portfolio case studies.

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RIMPA Global's Hackathon
Passed

2025 GovHack presentation - Department of Home Affairs

7 May 2026

Online

We will showcase our winning GovHack 2025 product to more than 50 Australian Government professionals from different departments in Canberra.

Rimpa Live Global Hackathon 2025 - Melbourne media
Passed

Rimpa Live Global Hackathon 2025 - Melbourne

18 Apr 2026

Online

Past review session for blog, project, and media content structure.

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NT Digital Excellence Awards 2025 media
Passed

NT Digital Excellence Awards 2025

7 Nov 2025

Darwin, Northern Territory

Winners for the 2025 Northern Territory Digital Excellence Awards were announced on 7 November 2025. Hoang Cuong (Max) Ngo was listed in the CDU Code Fair Overall Award winner group.

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Darwin | Symposium
Passed

Darwin Symposium

13 Aug 2025

Darwin, NT

Join me and other industry leaders on August 13-14 at the NT Government's In-house Venue. I'll be discussing "AI Websites That Earn - Build Without Coding Skills" and am looking forward to connecting with fellow information management, records, and compliance professionals.

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