Wince Dela Fuente

• Been coding since 12
• Created PWA websites and took commissions at 12th grade, before AI LLMs were even mainstream
• Co-founded Folderly, our software engineering group project that went viral
  • 800k+ downloads, 20k reviews, 4.9 stars
  • Reached #1 in Top Free Charts in App Store
  • Reached #1 in Top Productivity Charts in App Store
  • Won awards
• Won ₱900K from the President for Project GUIA
• First student in UP Cebu's history to receive the Most Outstanding Innovator award
• Won lots of hackathons. APRU x Google wrote about it.
• Coded my way to a coffee shop
• Cut fraud incidents by 30% at NCR Atleos by implementing AI-driven detection systems
• Built RAG systems at Azeus
• Built an edge AI device that counts birds more accurately than humans, costs 80% less, and runs 24/7 with zero downtime
• Former Esports athlete.
• Too many sidequests in life to count
• Has an amazing, caring model girlfriend. Winning in life.

Unpopular opinions

• Go to college to network, not study.
• A kid from Cebu with a laptop can outbuild a team in Silicon Valley. We're proving it.
• Code changes lives. In 6th grade, I coded my way to a national win, represented the Philippines in Russia, and brought my poor family to a country we never thought we'd visit.
• Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything.
• You can absolutely be a jack of all trades and master of all.
• If I don't know it, give me 24 hours and a Red Bull. I'll know it like it's my native tongue.
• Every skill you don't have is just an opportunity you haven't taken yet.