Manish Barnwal

Data scientist, noob guitarist, enjoys running, and Maths enthusiast. I blog about machine learning, life, and my learnings at

[Yuchen Jin @Yuchenj_UW]

Google is fighting every final boss at once:

OpenAI & Anthropic in models, Nvidia in chips, AWS & Microsoft in cloud, Meta in ads, Tesla in self-driving, Apple in phones and OS.

At $4.6T, it feels weirdly undervalued.

[Rohit Chauhan @rohitchauhan]

In the last 20 years,
- rupee has depreciated from 45 to 98
- we had oil spike to 140 and crash below 20
- pandemic
- global financial crises
- wars
- bank collapses
- demonetization
- multiple mini panics

And yet the India economy has grown ~ 7% CAGR and markets have grown at 13-14% over the same period

Thank god, i learnt an important lesson early in my investing career to ignore the noise and just keeping investing bottoms up, in good companies

While others wait for the perfect time and full clarity to deploy capital, optimists like me will keep investing through the gloom and doom

[Manish Barnwal @ManishFirewall]

Unko ye hi nahi pata hoga ki unka kat raha hai; ye toh bilkul bhi pata nahi hoga.

[Karan Rajpal @IronyMeter]

LIC ke policyholder ko pata hai unke premium se nifty sambhal raha hai?

[Manish Barnwal @ManishFirewall]

"Focus on things you can control." -- Marcus Aurelius

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major life hack: Don't complain, ever. Nobody likes a complainer. They drain the energy of everyone around them. It's exhausting spending time around someone who constantly complains about things outside their control. If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it. Complaining gives too much power to the thing. Take back that power.

[The Long Investor @TheLongInvest]

If you struggle with your portfolio moving down $100, $1000 or even $5000

How do you expect to handle $100,000 or $500,000 moves?

[Ashish Kacholia @LuckyInvest_ARK]

Market is green, but could it be an April Fool’s wicked joke?😅🥊

[M.S @MalaakSafa]

The only difference between your family sleeping in peace and my family waking up to bombs is your geographical luck

[Manish Barnwal @ManishFirewall]

Wondering what Kramer has to say about this. :D

[Ostris @ostrisai]

I trained this @ltx_model LTX 2.3 LoRA of George Costanza at home on my 5090 in about a day with AI Toolkit. I generated this 30 second video with @ComfyUI on my 5090 in 6 minutes. Open source is, always has been, and always will be, the future of generative AI. (SOUND ON)

[Unni @Unnitalks]

NEW SCAM BY OLA DRIVERS IN BANGALORE

Extremely disturbing experience with an Ola ride today from Majestic to Jalahalli, Bengaluru.

The ride initially showed a fare of ₹285 in the Ola app. However, after reaching my destination, the driver showed a bill of ₹5950 on his phone and demanded that I pay the full amount. He claimed that I had cancelled some old rides and that the amount would be deducted from his account if I did not pay.

When I tried to explain that my app clearly showed ₹285, the driver started becoming aggressive and repeatedly insisted that I must pay ₹5950.

Since he was speaking mostly in Kannada and I am not fluent in the language, the situation quickly became stressful and difficult to manage.

I then contacted Ola’s emergency support through the app expecting immediate help. Unfortunately, the response from the support representative was extremely disappointing and dismissive. Instead of trying to understand the situation or deescalate it, she repeatedly questioned whether it was a “safety issue”.

When I explained that please consider it as unsafe and that I felt unsafe, the representative responded in a rude and dismissive manner and abruptly disconnected the call stating that it was “not an emergency”. At that moment I was left alone to deal with an increasingly tense situation with the driver.

Fortunately, my house owner arrived at the scene, understood the situation, and advised the driver that we should go to the police station to resolve the matter. I followed him on his bike while the driver followed us in the cab. However, midway the driver suddenly rerouted and fled the area.

This entire experience was extremely stressful and raises serious concerns about:
• Fare transparency on the platform
• Driver conduct
• The attitude and responsiveness of Ola’s emergency support team

An emergency line that dismisses passengers during a tense situation defeats the very purpose of having a safety feature.

@Olacabs @bhash

@BlrCityPolice Can you please help with this situation. I can share all the details.

[Manish Barnwal @ManishFirewall]

Beautifully written. Learnt many things -- good candidate for re-reading.

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

https://t.co/VcdUENlt2s

[Noctara @rumilyrics]

Never quit something with great long term potential just because you can't deal with the stress of the moment.

[Manish Barnwal @ManishFirewall]

"Humour is a way to show that you're smart without saying it explicitly." Samir sir is one such guy.

[Samir Arora @Iamsamirarora]

@TVMohandasPai Enjoy the dividends.

[Prashant Nair @_prashantnair]

Just a day back silver uses were Semiconductor, Chip , Industrial and what not. After this crash people realised it has been only used in Kaju Katli 🤣🤣

[Vishal Bhargava @VishalBhargava5]

He’s trying to hide his embarrassment.
He needn’t be. There is no shame in taking up odd jobs in tough times of a career.
The humiliation is not his. It’s that of his female classmate - who most certainly is thriving on the crumbs thrown by her parents.

[Gems @gemsofbabus_]

India is a Strange Country tbh!

We have a Dog Lobby, a Pigeon Lobby.

But No Pothole Lobby, No Footpath Lobby, No Food Safety Lobby — the things that actually save lives. 🤦‍♂️

[Manish Barnwal @ManishFirewall]

When NOT to use Cursor: when learning something new (like LangGraph). Cursor keeps jumping in with autofill while you’re still figuring things out. Feels like that smart kid in class who won’t stop interrupting others trying to learn. Super annoying!

[Karan Rajpal @IronyMeter]

True friendship is just telling, and hearing the same stories for decades, until you die.

[Manish Barnwal @ManishFirewall]

Why not invest with Zerodha Coin directly? They allow investing for minors.

[Neil Borate @ActusDei]

Someone asked, how do I invest in mutual funds for my child? Today @PosteAnil gives you the answer. Open a free account on MF Utilities & simply follow the process below. Update the child's KYC when he/she turns 18 & let them take over. https://t.co/eMPfQHcof1

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Not a lot of people understand this... but you actually don’t have to have an opinion about everything. You don’t have to decide if something is good or bad. Marcus Aurelius says limiting the amount of opinions we have is one of the most powerful things we can do in life.

[bharani manoharan @phreakv6]

it doesn’t matter how worse you are at something than someone else - all that matters is how better you are at it than yourself from last week, last month or last year