Prashil Bhimani

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[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@amuldotexe Imperfect is better than non existent

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@ponnappa @realfast @aakashd @Steve_Sule Probably too late to the party but a geniune question -> how do you adjust your hiring process when a new model 6 months down the line make what you are judging for obsolete @ponnappa

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@ponnappa Amazing insight. One thing that still remains to be above the line and always will be is any IaaS. Because physical resources are still limited and not "reproducible" even a perfect vibe coded clone of AWS/ GCP software is useless because the underlying infra cost is not trivial.

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@amuldotexe Congrats Amul! Love to see the transition back to Eng

[Heshie Brody @heshie]

I don’t think self vibecoded software is the future for businesses

A couple of months ago I vibecoded a tool for a friends business

his entire staff has been using it for six months now (37 people)

the thing is, he’s constantly sending me feature requests, bug fixes

The app is pretty complicated since it deals with insurance benefits verification

so for someone that doesn’t have software development experience you can’t just prompt to fix it (believe me, he tried)

recently, the API provider changed something that broke everything

he’s getting really tired of dealing with it

and as Peer points out that’s why saas was built in the first place

somebody who’s not in the software business will find it really annoying to now have to deal with all the maintenance

saas is not dead

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

Last one on this topic, and I have been holding this in myself for a while.

For centuries, class divides kept the labor of the poor invisible to the rich. Factory workers toiled behind walls, farmers in distant fields, domestic help in backrooms. The wealthy consumed the fruits of that labor without ever seeing the faces or the fatigue behind it. No direct encounter, no personal guilt.

The gig economy shattered that invisibility, at unprecedented scale.

Suddenly, the poor aren't hidden away. They're at your doorstep: the delivery partner handing over your ₹1000+ biryani, late-night groceries, or quick-commerce essentials. You see them in the rain, heat, traffic, often on borrowed bikes, working 8–10 hours for earnings that give them sustenance. You see their exhaustion, their polite smile masking frustration with life in general.

This is the first time in history at this scale that the working class and consuming class interact face-to-face, transaction after transaction. And that discomfort with our own selves is why we are uncomfortable about the gig economy. We want these people to look our part, so that the guilt we feel while taking orders from them feels less.

We aren't just debating economics. We are confronting guilt. That ₹800 order might equal their entire day's earnings after fuel, bike rent, and app cuts. We tip awkwardly, or avoid eye contact, because the inequality is no longer abstract. It's personal.

Pre-gig era, the rich could enjoy luxury without moral discomfort. Labor was out of sight. Now, every doorbell ring is a reminder of systemic inequality. That's why debates explode. It's not just policy. It's emotional reckoning. Some defend the system (“they choose it”), others demand change (“this isn't progress, its exploitation”).

And here’s the uncomfortable twist: the unsaid ask of clumsy ‘solutions’ isn’t dignity. It is about returning to invisibility.

Ban gig work and you don’t solve inequality. You remove livelihoods. These jobs don’t magically reappear as formal, protected employment the next day. They disappear, or they get pushed back into the informal economy where there are even fewer protections and even less accountability. Over-regulate it until the model breaks, and you achieve the same outcome through paperwork instead of slogans: the work evaporates, prices rise, demand collapses, and the people we claim to protect are the first to lose income.

And then what happens?

The rich get their old comfort back. Convenience returns without faces. Guilt dissolves. We go back to clean abstractions and moral posturing from a distance. The poor don’t become safer, they become invisible again: back in cash economies, back in backrooms, back in shadows where regulation rarely reaches and dignity isn’t even debated.

The gig economy just exposed the reality of inequality to the people who previously had the luxury of not seeing it. The doorbell is not the problem. The question is what we do after opening the door.

Visibility is the price of progress. We can either use this discomfort to build something better (which we keep doing continuously as delivery partners are our backbone), or we can ban and over-regulate our way back into ignorance. One of those choices improves lives. The other simply helps the consuming class feel virtuous in the dark.

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@viditchess Famous last words

[सूत्रधार - भारत की कहानियाँ @MySutradhar]

When Arjuna said de-escalate, he got a scolding from Shrikrishna and an 18-chapter-long lecture.

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@mj____53 Got some too! Letsss go!

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

For anyone wondering Aria label for "X" is still Twitter - So any one using assistive technology still does not know?

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

I feel UPI has killed the tipping culture in India

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

Why does @hankgreen have to be the one with cancer. I am so sad rn.

[Jon Uleis @MovingToTheSun]

My new favorite thing - Bing's new ChatGPT bot argues with a user, gaslights them about the current year being 2022, says their phone might have a virus, and says "You have not been a good user"

Why? Because the person asked where Avatar 2 is showing nearby

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

Tell me you know nothing about Enterprise API without telling me you know nothing about Enterprise API

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

I obtained surveillance footage of the self-driving Tesla that abruptly stopped on the Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash that injured 9 people including a 2 yr old child just hours after Musk announced the self-driving feature.

Full story: https://t.co/LaEvX9TzxW

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

🫡 My watch has ended. #TwitterIndia #lovewereyouworked

[Dodda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ @doddaganesha]

@karun126 Stay strong, Karun. You will be back. You are still a quality batsman 🤗

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@ScalaHanSolo @Lmatheson1360 Congrats to the Callahan family! And best of health to the bundle of joy!

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

@casassaez I really wanted to - unfortunately the company I work for had a "leadership" change. You know how it goes.

[Prashil Bhimani @_prashil_]

Moved back to India.