Umang Jaipuria

building a postmodern services biz. ex- eng / pm / head of some orgs @ amzn, twtr, plaid, znga. leave me anon feedback:

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

Built a thing I've started living in recently, and open sourced it: https://t.co/d71zAdCU17

My interaction with agents has moved mostly into docs. They write them, we discuss, they edit and on and on. Sometimes they build what's in the doc, other times the doc is what ships.

And thanks to Thariq and the Claude Code team, these docs are now beautiful html.

But I didn't have an easy way to
- give feedback on specific parts
- ask questions about a paragraph
- ask it to simplify something
- or add more detail (collapsible sections in html are chef's kiss)

Redline lets you leave comments in html docs, and lets agents read those comments and reply as they edit the doc.

Runs locally, state stored in your html files, easily checked into your repo. No db, no 3rd party server, nothing.

It was fun building Redline - I was the user and the builder simultaneously. Literally was giving stream-of-conscious feedback to Codex (sometimes Claude Code) in one window while using the app with another CC instance as we worked on a fairly complex doc.

[Danielle Fong 🔆 @DanielleFong]

burn Opus 5.5 weights into chips
that guy is a good model

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

under-appreciated just how good Luna is

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

time to dust off this oldie-but-a-goodie

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

Interesting to see the US, on one hand, consider its technology companies as valuable strategic assets in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, while on the other hand, put obstacles in their path on multiple dimensions.

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

@ztownsend @tamarawinter Where can I preorder!

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

can't believe this is still going on
https://t.co/AJji92EopK

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

@nabeel give https://t.co/uYoz79ZmGT a spin, as another shared space for all the agents

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

@tobi @renald_vie the board needs to be fired

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

Crazy how companies are not evaluated on effective their boards are, until it’s too late

[Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey]

The Nvidia board needs to learn the bitter lesson of past boards:

If you unseat the king, you need to make a cogent case. You can’t notconsistentlycandid your way through this

In this case there were obviously moral failings, but was that the actual reason? Is it enough of a reason? Was there more to the China spy stuff?

Given the magnitude of the change you can’t gloss over this or leave people to speculate

You need to explain and justify your decisions, both for the sake of your own credibility and for the sake of transparency from one of the most consequential companies on earth right now

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

Changed my mind.

Most natural interfaces: thoughts for output, eyes & ears for input.

All the voice, dictation etc companies are going to have to pivot to reading brain waves and generating video.

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

Most natural interfaces: voice for output, eyes for input.

Or why I think our phones are the best AI device we have, just that the software is lagging currently.

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

well, shit

[Axios @axios]

🚨 BREAKING: Jensen Huang resigns https://t.co/rdJsX2qtzQ

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

@signulll disagree. the future is path-dependent.

sprinkling AI is obviously dumb, but it’s also possible to overshoot

[Naval @naval]

The secret to investing is to invest in unstoppable people building inevitable things.

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

truth hides behind averages

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

@iamtolux why is that a bottleneck?

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

seeing much about how product management is important again, because when you can build anything, deciding what to build is important.

this is upside-down logic on two counts:

- deciding what to build is important when building is hard, not when its easy
(there are other things that become more important)

- roles are a bundle of responsibilities, and no role's bundle will survive the impact with AI. you cannot talk about the future of product management without unbundling it first.

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

@BoboLinNotes AI slop reply

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

@Nithin0dha @TheEconomist https://t.co/S045Xv7cmX

[Nathan Calvin @_NathanCalvin]

If you find two ants in your kitchen, the best estimate of the total number of ants in your kitchen is not two

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

Kudos to bchesky and daniellurie.

SF should feel like Florence during the Rennaisance, Constantinople of the Byzantines, Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar, the Timurid Samarkand, Paris during Belle Epoque, the Khmer’s Angkor, Athens of Pericles, the Ptolemaic Alexandria…

[Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 @DanielLurie]

Today, I stood with Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky to announce his $100 million gift to San Francisco’s parks. This is the largest single-donor gift to the city in San Francisco’s history, and will support the development of new parks, upgrades to existing spaces, expanded hours at recreation facilities, and much more. 

An initial $39 million will help unlock five projects in neighborhoods across our city. SoMa, the Mission, Bayview-Hunters Point, Potrero Hill, and downtown will all see transformational projects finish sooner, bringing more welcoming public spaces to residents across San Francisco. 

As Mayor, one of my top priorities is making San Francisco a city where families can put down roots and build their futures. Earlier this year, we launched our Family Opportunity Agenda—a citywide effort to bring down the cost of living and expand economic mobility for San Francisco families. 

We're building more housing, protecting tenants, expanding access to affordable childcare, and keeping public transportation safe, reliable, and affordable. We're also investing in the public spaces families rely on every day. 

Our parks are an essential part of what makes San Francisco such a special place to raise a family. Our recreation programs provide exceptional and affordable opportunities for San Francisco families. With this investment, we're bringing those opportunities to more neighborhoods across our city, expanding access to recreation, and making our parks even better for the families who use them. 

San Francisco has created enormous opportunity for the people who have built their businesses here. And with that success comes a responsibility to give back to the city that helped make it possible. So, my ask to every leader who sees what Brian has done today is simple: help us create more opportunities for the people who call San Francisco home. Now is the time. Our city is coming back. Don’t just watch it from the sidelines. Be a part of it.

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

two possible reasons for this:
- lack of will
- lack of state capacity

which is it

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Diwali night pushed Delhi into a pollution nightmare, with an Air Quality Index hitting an insane 2,518.

Firecrackers blanketed the capital in thick, toxic smog, raising serious health alarms.

[Umang Jaipuria @umang]

holding on to my $nvda but my leather jackets gotta go