Kaden Wong Ho Shun

I distinctly remember the first time I truly came in contact with the technological intersection of business, innovation, and teamwork almost 4 years ago in a hackathon competition as a 12-year-old competing against adults. Many would call that task daunting; now that I think about it, I should have been scared out of my mind. Nobody would blame me and my team for quitting after entering the complex world of creativity and invention. Yet I had none of that thought in me; I was amazed by all the different technologies around, and I knew it was love at first sight.

Even before the AI revolution, coming into contact with the rising technology era was practically unavoidable; therefore, I spent the last few years of my life on various international and local competitions, multinational internships, raising 40,000 dollars on ventures, and many other initiatives.

So how does all this relate to Inkoders?

Even as I built my career around competing in and creating technology, I never stopped reaching for a pen before a keyboard. When I need to plan or communicate something, reaching for a pen is always the first choice. It's not nostalgia; it's that some habits sharpen the mind in ways no app ever will. That belief is exactly why Inkoders exists to me. As we race into an era defined by AI and rapid technological change, I don't think the answer is to abandon the fundamentals that built strong thinkers in the first place. Inkoders was built on that exact idea: the idea that navigating through a new epoch requires not only advancements in innovation but also preservation in the things that built it in the first place.