al Harkan's Blog


Turn Any Science Paper into a Stunning Web Page

A few days ago I shared how I learned scrollytelling to better communicate my research. I shared the tutorials and open-sourced the code, but the problem is that it was too technical, and people simply asked: what's the prompt? So I did turn my tutorial & source code into a single, ready-to-use prompt.

— 14 Jun 2026

Creating Interactive Scrollytelling

A simple guide on creating interactive scrollytelling pages to present research findings using Astro, MDX, and D3.js.

— 10 Mar 2026

Indonesian Hoaxes: 2024 Wrapped

In 2024, Indonesia held what was described as the world's largest single-day election. But alongside the democratic process, another battle was raging: the fight against hoaxes.

— 30 Dec 2025

How the University Lost Its Way

"The consequences of this college degree crisis are now painfully clear. We have a system where the cost of attending university has become a barrier to the very social mobility it is supposed to provide."

— 4 Sep 2025

Draft a Research Paper in One Minute

As a weekend project, I made an app that helps you rapidly iterate on research ideas, complete with a real bibliography. I call this app Outliner.

— 23 August 2025

Inztagram

When I learned that Claude could explain concepts neatly with illustrative diagrams, I knew I wanted an app that did exactly that. So, I built one.

— 27 May 2025

One Mindmap to Learn Anything

What if ChatGPT always answered in mindmaps? I made this app to help students & researchers read & understand any paper 10x faster. In its later iteration, it can now answer any question and process any URL.

— 6 April 2025

Enaiblr Search

I made a search engine —that helps you find the best AI tools on the Internet, to prove a point: AI has now enabled everyone to build apps on their own.

— 15 Nov 2024

The Quadrant of All Knowledge

Melihat realitas hanya dari satu sumbu, itu ibarat melihat hanya dengan satu mata. Bisa, tapi kita kehilangan kedalaman dan dimensinya. Karena pada dasarnya realitas itu kompleks dan utuh, tapi kita, melalui ilmu pengetahuan, yang mengotak-kotakkan.

— 03 Nov 2024

Llama Science Creator

Back in September, I took a small leap and signed up for a hackathon. I’m no developer by trade, but that’s exactly why I did it.

— 06 Sep 2024