Puviin VarmanApplied AI & automation builderContact

Events / Field archive

Hackathons, conferences and communities that shaped the work.

I learn fastest around people who are building. This archive brings together the rooms, deadlines and conversations that pushed an idea into something more concrete.

202602 Mar 2026
PressThe Star · Malaysia
Featured contributor

Connected by code

Spoke about moving from mechanical engineering into AI-assisted software building, and how local communities made the learning curve practical.

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2025Oct 2025
HackathonSingapore
Builder · FormMind

Cursor Hackathon Singapore

Prototyped FormMind: a system for retrieving and reusing grounded answers across complex forms.

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20242024
HackathonKuala Lumpur
Third place

AI Tinkerers Hackathon

Built a retrieval-augmented workflow using n8n and placed third in the hackathon.

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2023Dec 2023
ConferenceDubai, UAE
Carbon Exposure Project

COP28

Supported the Carbon Exposure Project’s publishing and interview programme during a defining period for the platform.

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20172017
HackathonIpoh, Malaysia
Second place

MaGIC Startup Weekend Ipoh

An early product-building experience that connected a real problem, a team and a working pitch under time pressure.

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COP28 / Related records

Field notes and the publication run around Dubai.

The conference entry now connects to its preserved field script and Carbon Exposure articles, with source status shown on every record.

Field script

Puviin Varman

Three significant developments at COP28

Puviin’s field script from Dubai covered early COP28 finance pledges, agriculture commitments and methane targets. It is preserved as working material, not represented as a verified LinkedIn post.

  • COP28
  • Climate finance
  • Agriculture
  • Methane
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Community matters

Domain knowledge became buildable through people willing to share.

AI Tinkerers KL and the wider Malaysian builder community made the transition into software feel practical rather than abstract. The strongest lesson was not a particular tool—it was learning how to frame a real problem, ask better questions and show the work early.

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