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Inspiration
Besides being a programmer, I am also a big history buff. When ChatGPT was introduced in 2022, many of my classmates started using it as a history study tool all the way up to today. However, there is a problem with studying with LLMs, its boring and wordy. Even if you tell new generative AI like Claude to generate interactive artifacts, they lack to show the most importance aspect of history: connection.
After recently getting LinkedIn, I was fascinated with connections. LinkedIn formats everyones resumes into readable and quick to understand formats. When realizing that I could not use LinkedIn on older and historical figures, I saw an educational opportunity.
What it does
LinkedHistory is a recreation of LinkedIn, but tailored for students to interact and visualize the experiences of historical figures. On the main page, explore through posts that span thousands of years. Connect with people from Aristotle to Napoleon, Jesus to Richard Nixon. In addition, if you ever want to ask a question, shoot anyone in your network a direct message and see what George Washington felt as being the first president. Besides that, explore LinkedHistory to see visual network graphs, insightful shorts, and pretty much anything that LinkedIn is capable of!
How I built it
LinkedHistory is a web app built on React and Next.js. On top of that, I used Palantir AIP to store and track all the connections with Oncology while also incorporating Direct Messages with Palantir Ai Agents. In addition, I used Claude Haikue to generate overall profiles and Wikipedia Images to make the website more appealing. Lastly, we used Firebase for Auth and Vercel for Deployment
Challenges we ran into
Palantir AIP and being a Solo Developer. Not only was it hard to be in a 24 hour hackathon without my teammates, but I also had to learn all of Palantir AIP in this short amount of time. For the first several hours, I was banging my head trying to get Foundry and the AI Agents connected with a test script (I am a fairly new beginner when it comes to Agents)
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud of the final product as it exactly encapsulates what I envisioned. The most beautiful thing about coding is that you can have any idea in the world, and with enough determination, you can make it into reality. I pushed through day and night and added more features, like visual graphs and shorts capabilities,
What I learned
I came out of this experience with a whole new perspective of how AI can be used in learning and the different tools that made it possible. Though Palantir AIP was a headache to use at first, I slowly realized that it was great to manage all of my different tools. This is the first hackathon that I have gone solo too, so I learned to be self-reliant and persevere throughout the night.
What's next for LinkedHistory
Currently, the app has some minor bugs with the connection feature while also being laggy in some parts. In the future, I definitely want to optimize LinkedHistory. Besides that, you can catch me using this to study for my AP United States History Test in a few weeks :)
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