The Debate Buddy
AI Chrome extension that cuts debate cards, tags evidence, and writes MLA 9 citations.
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Maxwell Olander
Saigon South International School since 2012 · Class of 2028
I'm a high school student in Ho Chi Minh City. I build real products with AI agents, write economics research, and help local orgs for free.
Selected work
Segue
Chrome side panel that suggests the transition your next sentence needs, the moment you punctuate.
BUILT Finished. Not published yet.
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GLOW
Rebuilding the site and curriculum of Pacific Links Foundation's free platform, and teaching its staff AI.
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More work
GYBN Vietnam
Bilingual site for the Vietnam chapter of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network.
BUILDING
Grimoire
A desktop app for running several coding agents at once, each with a brief, a budget, and a leash.
BUILDING
lắng. . .
The website for a Vietnamese project where young people interview war veterans and keep their stories.
LIVEFrom AI Credit Scoring to Accountable Lending
How publicly do Vietnamese lenders using automated credit scoring explain their decisions?
Vietnam's first AI law took effect on 1 March 2026.
RESEARCHIn progress. No findings shown.Started Aug 2026
Index: 0 to 2 across 12 categories.
- Notice
- Explanation
- Recourse
- Governance
Coding in progress
I'm self-taught. I learn by building, and I ship with AI agents every day.
6 built and building · 3 languages · 50+ agent skills · 50+ universities through DevSwarm campus growth
- Swim team captain
- Aikido black belt
- High Honor Roll
- English
- Vietnamese
- Mandarin (HSK 4)
- Ho Chi Minh City
So far
SSIS
I started at Saigon South International School in 2012.
14 years at SSIS
2012Class of 2028
Class of 2028
High Honor Roll
Experience
Growth Intern
Campus growth across 50+ universities.
Martial Arts Instructor Apprentice
Taught English
Community
Built for people around me
Free bilingual self-learning platform for Pacific Links Foundation. I'm rebuilding its site and its curriculum, teaching the staff to use AI, and teaching English through it.
I designed and built the website for a Vietnamese project where young people interview war veterans and keep their stories.
HCMC AI for good
Free builds for local nonprofits in Ho Chi Minh City.
Max Teaches Agents
Hands-on workshops for my school's AI club and younger students, in English or Vietnamese. How to use skills, automate tasks, clone apps you find interesting, and build your own ideas.
DevSwarm campus growth
Growth Intern since Apr 2026, remote. Campus growth across 50+ universities.
Right now
Updated 29 Sep 2026.
Off screen
Aikido black belt Teaching GLOW staff to use AI Building with AI agents Ho Chi Minh City Swim team captain Shanghai, 2017 to 2019 Teaching English through GLOW - English
- Vietnamese
- Mandarin (HSK 4)
Languages Shobukan Dojo Vietnam, 2021 to 2022
Say hi.
Tell me what you do by hand. I'll tell you if I can automate it.
I build with AI agents every day. If something in your work is slow, repetitive, or just broken, send me the details. I'll tell you straight whether I can help, and it's free for nonprofits in Ho Chi Minh City.
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- Phone · Call or text+84 768 090 689
I'm on GMT+7, in Ho Chi Minh City.