Bharath Nayak

Principal Engineer at @Atlassian, Exploring AI agents, JavaScript, health, fitness, spirituality and becoming a little better every day.

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

Hey @PharmEasy, it’s frustrating that you call instantly when I’m browsing a lab test, but when there’s a delivery issue, there’s no easy way to reach a human. Please fix post-order support and make it accessible.

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

today when I came back to see my work status

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Today, instead of using Strava, I tracked my walk using something different - an app I built in one shot while trying GPT-5.6: https://t.co/WJWuB95ILm
With Bengaluru’s footpath clearance drive underway, I wanted a simple way to record whether our roads are actually walkable.
🚶 Start walking
🟢 Mark proper footpaths as Walkable
🔴 Mark missing or blocked footpaths as Blocked
📍 Save and share the trail
I tested it on today’s walk and shared the trail along with a few screenshots.
Clearing a footpath should not be just about marking the work as complete. It should be safe and usable for people.

#SafeFootpathCampaign #WalkableBengaluru #Bengaluru #CivicTech #AI

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

But in Bommanahalli, it feels like the focus has been on places where it is easy to show results, not where people need it the most.

A wide footpath that is rarely used has been cleared, while the main stretch used by thousands of garment workers every day is still encroached @krishnabgowda

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

@krishnabgowda Kindly include this stretch. It will make daily travel much safer for thousands of families and improve walkability in the area. Thank you for your leadership, sir. 🙏

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

@krishnabgowda Thank you @krishnabgowda sir, for the ‘Safe Footpath Campaign’ initiative. 🙏 A humble request to also include Bommanahalli Main Road & Devarachikkanahalli Main Road. Thousands/Lakhs of people, especially garment factory workers, students and residents, use this road every day.

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

@krishnabgowda There is hardly any usable footpath on many stretches. Street vendors, shop displays, signboards and other encroachments force pedestrians onto the busy road. Even near the BBMP office, people have to walk alongside moving traffic.

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

@HarryStebbings @typesfast this is just a personal opinion and should not be generalised.
I'm grateful to my employer for the remote work. I get to avoid bangalore traffic, instead spend the time with family or on personal stuff

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

I use Hermes inside Discord (after the Telegram was suspended) for some of my personal workflows.

Two skills that Hermes created for me have become very useful.

The first one is the SQLite tracker skill.
Using this, Hermes can create small trackers where SQLite is used as the local memory. I have used this for things like tracking and other personal logs.

SQLite is the source of truth. Hermes is only the interface. I can type something naturally in Discord, and Hermes updates proper structured data behind the scenes. So later I can query it, summarize it, correct it, or back it up.

The second one is the chat embeddable web app skill.
This one is very interesting for me. Hermes can create HTML on the fly, serve it locally, publish it using Cloudflare Tunnel, and give me a URL.
I open that URL inside the Discord browser and use the UI immediately.

No app install. No fixed dashboard. No separate frontend setup.

The UI is created right on the fly when I need it. I feel this is a small glimpse of where software can go.

Apps may not always start as fixed screens. The agent can create the workflow, the local memory, and the UI when required.

This is very useful for personal tools, internal tools, trackers, and quick experiments.

The skills are here, if anyone wants to use:

SQLite tracker skill:
https://t.co/uitMkH58pB

Embeddable web app skill:
https://t.co/B47DPDGwjB

Demo:

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

We act like time is infinite.
A 30-year-old feels like 70% of life is ahead. But on average lifespan data? They've likely lived 45%+ already.

Not meant to be dark. Just a reminder to live intentionally and enjoy.

https://t.co/9GGyKn6bdU

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

@ETMONEY Accepting an action you can't fulfill is the worst of both worlds, the user thinks it's done, and you get a ticket you can't resolve. Good UX says: don't offer the button if you can't honor it.

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

Small product feedback for @ETMONEY
I placed a withdrawal/redemption order for a mutual fund inside the app. It accepted the order, gave me an order ID, and even auto-created a support ticket saying my money was being processed.

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

@ETMONEY The fix is simple:

Hide or disable Sell for externally-held units, OR
Show a clear flag before confirming: "This holding is external, redemption can't be tracked here."

Either one saves a lot of confused users (and support tickets).

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

Here's the loop I've settled into:
1. Do the work by hand, prompting the AI step by step
2. Once the process is clear, ask the AI to turn them into detailed prompts and a workflow (high reasoning)
3. Save it as a skill
4. Schedule (hermes) it to run on whatever cadence you need

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

@kentcdodds Do the work manually first, then have the AI turn your prompts into a reusable workflow. Save it as a skill, and schedule it to run automatically on whatever cadence you need. This is exactly what I've been doing with Hermes lately.

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@kapilansh_twt left one feels premium, but content in right is more accessible

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worth reading

[Jaya Gupta @JayaGup10]

https://t.co/eUp5waUIwl

[Bharath Nayak @_tbnu]

Yes, not something you will be proud of, anyone can do it then

[andrei saioc @asaio87]

If something can be built by one-shotting it with Claude code, in a day or two, then probably is not worth building anymore

build hard stuff