When we talk of beautiful products, we typically imagine attractive hardware or slick visuals -- the domain of designers or "creatives". I think this is a gross misunderstanding. When we compliment a database for being fast, or when we praise a concept for being easy to

I think a life properly lived is learn, learn, learn, all the time. - Charlie Munger. RIP Legend 🙏

figma.com/blog/figma-ado… Figma ❌ Adobe. Not happening.

Despite violent crimes by rowdies, BYAPPANAHALLI BCP has STILL not registered FIR today. Made victims wait the whole day, had them rewrite the complaint many times and still didn't take FIR. Absolutely pathetic. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್‌ BengaluruCityPolice why are victims being made to suffer? @DCPEASTBCP

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Recently, I decided I wanted to read every page of one of my favorite websites, Our World in Data. I’m about halfway now. Here are the 30 most surprising things I’ve learned about the world so far! 🧵

The product choice at Instagram to replace “Add to Story” with “Threads” deserves a mention in the Guinness Book of Dark UX Patterns. Sure you want adoption & it will move the metrics. But oh boy, it is a really sick way to abuse muscle memories. 🤢🤢

Fascinating Most beautiful thing I have ever seen. x.com/othingstodo_co…

Kunal Shah We are building the AWS for AI agents. Our coding agent, powered by Dotagent.ai , outperforms DEVIN & GPT-4. + All the other 7 startups selected to MagicBall demo day were really cool

Stop saying, "Bring me solutions, not problems." There's a better way to get results:

#ElonMusk is heading DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) in the US! Read that again and then check dogecoin’s prices! What the heck is going onnnn. Trump is trumping 😂

TIL that Swiggy Instamart has an ad after every actual product that is supposed to match your searched query. Where there is a sage, there is a demon. When revenue overtakes UX, dark patterns emerge. The relentless competition in quick commerce is pulling off masks quickly.

I am curious how have the scam ring / mafia who use this FedEx parcel strategy have not been caught red handed by cops / cybercrime yet. They are getting aggressive & are now calling at 6:30AM in the morning! I have received at least 15 calls in the last 2 weeks! Beware folks!

How to be more emotionally intelligent (without trying so hard) 🧵 for Threadapalooza!

Most desi kids have never seen parents hug, kiss or show affection but the majority have seen ugly fights, abuse, demeaning each other & their families, crass jokes, some physical violence, and then desis have the audacity to glorify marriage as the greatest of all institutions!

Today, smallcase announced a $50M Series D from new investors Elev8 VP, State Street GA & Niveshaay Funds along with participation from existing investors Faering Capital & Arkam Ventures. Grateful to all of them & our shareholders for their partnership and continued