Arnav Bansal ⠕
@itsarnavb
@_lagrangepoint. Interests: History of Education, Hardware and Industry, Computers. ex @replit (2020-2024)
In India 🇮🇳, students in colleges prepare to enter the real world by doing fake things: - meaningless resume padding projects - endless interview prep - placement politics We can do better. Introducing @quest_sh: A set of hard but tractable *real world* problems you can solve…
This what is known as ambition. Stunning!
5/ Khushi Mittal @khushhhi_ is working to manufacture autonomous, medium-sized cargo aircraft in India, with the long-term goal of launching the world's first autonomous airline. observv.co Over the next six weeks, she will be developing the flight stack for a…
> be Atlas > bear the heavy burden of the celestial spheres for all eternity > renaissance mapmaker Mercator honors your name by writing a book about Creation > moderns reduce it to a stupid book containing a collection of maps > mfw even the book is obsoleted by google maps
Went into major focus mode the last couple days: - dealing with some stuff at home - working on an interesting technical problem Sorry if i missed your texts! Both seem under control, expect a reply shortly!
Current human quests summed up: - create and enslave a God - create and control a Sun - cheat Death
Folks at @Saronic: "our headquarters is America" Google: "where in America?" Saronic: "Yes"
Reminding everyone that the Government of India subsidizes personal solar panel installations! Install it for yourself if possible, or inform others who can install it. More energy benefits everyone Maybe install air conditioners too while you’re at it!
Successfully convinced dad to get rooftop solar panels under the govt subsidy programme. And now we haven’t paid electricity bill in months. In fact get credited around 3-4k every month for surplus electricity production. Renewables is the future!
dealing with grief with substance abuse: code and redbull
Kickstarted Batch 5 of @lossfunk residency. 🧵 of who they are + their projects
If you were part of Windsurf and got left behind, we’d like to talk. Replit is hiring, and we want to hear from every one of you. We’ll move fast and be respectful of your time. We’ve passed on many acquisitions over the years, and any liquidity has always included employees.…
We've seen some amazing quest submissions. Some projects are stunningly high quality I just sent out this email nudging everyone who signed up for Quests to send us an update or share their experience of working on quests! We'll have some exciting news to share soon!
In India 🇮🇳, students in colleges prepare to enter the real world by doing fake things: - meaningless resume padding projects - endless interview prep - placement politics We can do better. Introducing @quest_sh: A set of hard but tractable *real world* problems you can solve…
The area thing makes me wonder: maybe people will just use the area name directly and skip ‘Bangalore’ “My company is based in Indiranagar, KA”
1) live in the same area as your work 2) change work if area is bad 2) avoid anything with a luma 3) anything called a hacker house isn’t one 4) keep ₹100 notes stack for autos rapido tips etc (h/t @itsarnavb) don’t bargain not worth it, apps are slow 5) use faff
Imagine being a sailor in ye olde days sailing about North Sea for weeks without end. And the first sight of land you see is just... CHALK cliffs and cliffs of CHALK what
To even talk about it is to lose, but— It’s quite lame actually, to go into a high trust culture and subvert implicit norms that serve the common good Employers in Silicon Valley choosing to *not* neurotically subject you to a panopticon of monitoring software, and giving you…
It’s kinda cool that my city has roads named after CV Raman, and the literal concept of a wind tunnel
We’re starting to schedule the first project demos for Quest If you’re working on something and haven’t yet sent in your WIPs, it’s a good time to do so now!
In India 🇮🇳, students in colleges prepare to enter the real world by doing fake things: - meaningless resume padding projects - endless interview prep - placement politics We can do better. Introducing @quest_sh: A set of hard but tractable *real world* problems you can solve…
Our work with Quest got covered by @astrokaran at Swarajya Magazine! The piece goes into detail about why @shruthibadri and I started working on Quest, and how we think about the problem