Gaurav Chande
@gauravmc
building things https://bookling.ai/ @AcornStudioHQ, self-taught programmer, girl dad, investor, writer, video gamer, book reader, ex-@Shopify
Same exact content. Same timeframe. Reddit: 81K views, 670 upvotes, 95 comments X: Suppressed to oblivion Reddit: People sharing their own stories, asking for tips, genuine engagement. X algorithm: "This heartwarming dad content? Hard pass." Wild difference 🤷♂️ Anyone else…
I used AI to create a storybook starring my daughter as the hero. Spent weeks getting the illustrations just right, but I wasn't prepared for her reaction. It was absolutely priceless! 😊 She's carried this book everywhere. This might be the best thing I've ever made. And now we…
Love to see it. Evangelizing frameworks is fun, but fatherhood and starting a family? Divine.
Culture is shifting. @Nike just released a pro-family ad, highlighting Scottie Scheffler’s baby son as a “win” Children aren’t burdens—they’re blessings.
Seriously, why do we need video games when we have Claude Code?
I used AI to create a storybook starring my daughter as the hero. Spent weeks getting the illustrations just right, but I wasn't prepared for her reaction. It was absolutely priceless! 😊 She's carried this book everywhere. This might be the best thing I've ever made. And now we…
Some illustrations from a children's book I'm making with Bookling .ai📚 Really love how the finetune on this model turned out. Likeness of the character and expression quality is looking solid
- Your brain for what to build and why - Gemini 2.5 Pro for research + learning stuff (it's too good) - Opus 4 for specs + task lists (have to try Grok 4) - Sonnet for building (fast enough, smart enough) This stack is absolute fire rn
Took me embarrassingly long to learn: we’ve overcorrected against NIH syndrome. If you’re pumped about an idea, killing it because something similar exists is an injustice to your taste. Everything you use today was at one time seen as some kind of duplication. Build it!
These were always the bottlenecks, some people are just hitting them much faster
writing the code is the easy part now. the bottlenecks are: - defining the right product (insight, taste, timing) - distribution (narrative, audience, partnerships) - design that feels alive - data access (auth, api, privacy) - user motivation & trust (esp. w/ ai) - platform…
So happy for Nico Hulkenberg! After 15 years and f*@king 239 (!) races he finally gets to stand on the Formula 1 podium. Never give up..
Another small breakthrough with bookling.ai (turns kids' stories into magical books)! Consistent character + scene generation across 4+ different settings. Non-main character (fairy) stays fairly consistent too. Still working on: lighting consistency and background…
For a second I thought this was prompt engineering technique. Actually very applicable
how I feel writing code by hand that’s better than claude