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Trail

Attention, accumulated.

A chronological record of beginnings, releases, changing responsibilities, and questions that continued after the formal endpoint.

  1. contribution

    Block consolidation tests merged into Qiskit

    Added tests that verify ConsolidateBlocks preserves the circuit's unitary across four basis gates and estimates different gate counts for CX and iSWAP.

  2. contribution

    Control-flow angle fix merged into Qiskit

    Fixed WrapAngles ignoring angle bounds inside control flow, with a regression test and release note. PR #17349 merged upstream.

  3. learning

    Revisiting the NISQ era

    A new essay on the progress and remaining challenges of noisy quantum computing since 2018.

  4. contribution

    NumPy Generator support merged into Cirq

    Contributed a public random-generator API and validation tests. PR #8382 merged upstream.

  5. leadership

    Deployed the Blithchron 2027 website

    As a Design and Tech Coordinator, deployed the Blithchron 2027 website on 5 August 2026.

  6. research

    Identified the spin ambiguity in Enigma recovery

    After SRIP, formal analysis of a remaining rotor-recovery step confirmed that an unresolved rotor twist can introduce an additional spin factor, expanding the tested result from 26 to 676 candidates.

  7. research

    Completed SRIP at IIT Gandhinagar

    Documented the Enigma cryptanalysis investigation, its simulations, and the dual-triplet and middle-rotor-turnover approaches developed by late June and early July. The questions continue beyond the internship.

  8. research

    Started SRIP at IIT Gandhinagar

    Began studying the mathematics of the Enigma machine, Rejewski's work, and the relationship between algebraic models and cryptanalysis.

  9. release

    Released MusicLib on the Play Store

    Published MusicLib's first production build on 2 March 2026. The last update was published on 31 March, after which the app stopped being maintained.

  10. leadership

    Joined Blithchron's Design and Tech team

    Joined Blithchron's Design and Tech team as a Junior Technology and Design Executive near the end of August 2025. A senior coordinator first asked me to learn React before assigning implementation tasks.