Binish Mathew

Software engineer

[V D Satheesan @vdsatheesan]

The 2026–27 Interim Budget presented by the #LDF Government rests on flawed assumptions. It projected ₹14,138 crore as Revenue Deficit Grants, yet the 16th Finance Commission has made no such award. As a result, Keralam faces an estimated shortfall of nearly ₹20,500 crore in central transfers this year. This massive fiscal gap poses a serious challenge to the state's finances and raises critical questions about the credibility and sustainability of the Government’s budget projections.
#keralam

[V D Satheesan @vdsatheesan]

The Financial #WhitePaper has been tabled in the Assembly. This is not a political document, but a fact-based assessment of Kerala’s fiscal position inherited by the new government. The State's outstanding liabilities have reached ₹5.07 lakh crore, accounting for 35.5% of GSDP—well above the national average. With 77.6% of revenue receipts absorbed by salaries, pensions, and interest payments, the fiscal space available for development and public investment has narrowed considerably.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

My latest #TharoorThink column in the @IndianExpress is an open letter to the GenZ supporters of the #CockroachJantaParty. They don’t have to accept that label or be defined by it. Here’s what they can do:

[Binish Mathew @binishmatheww]

@trupill @Zhuinden @arrow_kt Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for your contributions ☺️

[Binish Mathew @binishmatheww]

@vergauwen_simon @jakervzoo @Zhuinden Aah the saturation point 🙂

[Binish Mathew @binishmatheww]

@iamdavidhill @opencode Bro, please increase the weekly and monthly limits or add a new 20$ plan with higher limits 🙂

[Binish Mathew @binishmatheww]

@xai Can I use grok build without SuperGrok subscription? I have an xAI API subscription.

[Binish Mathew @binishmatheww]

@yagiznizipli Yes, please.

[Binish Mathew @binishmatheww]

@theapache64 @linear Do you use linear at work?

[Chennai Super Kings @ChennaiIPL]

A comeback to remember! 💛

#OnThisDay, the Daddies Army showed us why 2018 was special in every way. 🦁🔥

#WhistlePodu

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

@SMB_Attorney Brick by brick, we will build the best app in the world

[Ramesh Chennithala @chennithala]

I am a true Congressman.

[V D Satheesan @vdsatheesan]

The Indian National Congress has placed a great responsibility upon me. I sincerely thank the Congress President, @RahulGandhi, and the leadership of the #AllIndiaCongressCommittee for the trust and confidence they have reposed in me.
This responsibility has been made possible by the tireless efforts of lakhs of #UDF workers during the elections and by the unwavering support of the leaders who stood united as #TeamUDF. I remain deeply grateful to each one of them.

[Mohanlal @Mohanlal]

നിയുക്ത കേരള മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി ശ്രീ വി ഡി സതീശന്‌ സ്നേഹം നിറഞ്ഞ ആശംസകള്‍. വികസനത്തിന്‍റെ പുതിയ പാതയിലേക്ക് നാടിനെ നയിക്കാന്‍ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്‍റെ നേതൃത്വത്തിന്‌ സാധിക്കട്ടെ.

@vdsatheesan

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

Kerala Decides

Your chance to vote.

The Election Commission of India CANNOT manipulate this one.

https://t.co/d4FcHdZDT6

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

I have a draft blog post swirling around this exact topic (but not refined enough to publish yet). I think the key thing is I (personally) don't want a NEW GitHub. I want GitHub to be better.

For example:

- GitHub issues should be as beautiful and good as Linear
- GitHub PRs should be as good as Graphite
- GitHub Git infra should be as fast/minimal as Pierre
- GitHub wikis should be more like Notion
- GitHub discussions & shouldn't exist (multiple "better issue" providers including Linear show why)
- etc.

I'm not saying to clone those full companies outright, but their core product, arguably the core features, aren't even 2% as good as those external products. Maybe aim for 10% to start.

There's the "oh no there's so much tech debt" argument. And I'm sure GH is on an absolutely mountain of tech debt. That's why in my prior twoots I've argued to just make them separate products to start only for agility reasons, unapologetically do not integrate with "old github." Net net startups beat encumbants all the time for reasons.

That's just a product/technical POV though. GitHub also has a huge PR/marketing problem. They talk through corp speak, their marketing pages (e.g. the dot com) speaks to multiple personas confusingly, they have no singular visionary to look up or trust, they have nobody who makes the outward community feel seen.

There's so much more here...

I think for the human side, GitHub already has what it needs to be really, really, really good. It really feels like they just like fearless vision, and the courage/power to say "fuck you" to a whole lot of things that are distracting them.

[Aravind Varier @VarierAravind]

My advice to the BJP, if they want to win double-digit seats in Kerala:👇🏻

The top leadership of the BJP should openly say that they want the Republic of India to be a secular state rather than a theocratic state (Hindu Rashtra), in the same way that the top leadership of the IUML openly say they want the Republic of India to be a secular state rather than a theocratic state (Islamic Rashtra)

NOTE: Both IUML and the BJP are religious political parties. However, the IUML is a secular political party because its top leadership openly REJECTS a theocratic state (Islamic Rashtra), whereas the BJP is NOT a secular political party because its top leadership openly ENDORSES a theocratic state (Hindu Rashtra).

[Pixxel @PixxelSpace]

Today, we’re taking a step toward truly galactic-scale capabilities. 🚀

We’re partnering with @SarvamAI to bring sovereign AI into orbit aboard India’s first orbital data centre satellite, a pathfinder mission bringing datacenter-class GPUs and high-performance remote sensing together in space.

Built and operated by Pixxel, with Sarvam providing the AI backbone, the demonstrator marks a step toward making orbital data centres real, operational, and scalable from India.

May the 4th be with us all! ✨

[cow @cowincrisis]

thank you @googlemaps