The Ink, The Iron, and the Algorithm: Why I Build for Truth

This is a submission for the 2026 WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience In the world of rare and historical artifacts, the difference between a masterpiece and a clever forgery often hides in the smallest details. It could be a specific serif on a typeface, or a tooling mark on piece of stone. This type of knowledge historically is known only by a select few. Locked away in the knowledge banks of high-end auction houses and private archives. As I worked on a recent Archival Intelligence project for the Notion MCP Challenge, I realized that my journey in tech has been leading me toward a vital mission: Democratizing the Truth. From Commodore Pets to Forensic AI My journey started with early Commodore PETs and VIC-20s. Yeah, I'm that old. Back then, "diversity" in tech was barely a conversation. Further, the "archives" of our digital world were in their infancy. History, however, is fragile. It is frequently written by those with the most resources. The records of marginalized communit