Nirav Patel

Founder (and usually tweeting) at @FrameworkPuter

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

Standing offer: If you’re building consumer hardware and want advice on anything (business strategy, building a team, finding suppliers, go to market, design/architecture decisions, fundraising, etc), send me a DM and I am happy to have a call with you.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@gpcastle12 @PalmerLuckey Congrats! Very much deserved.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@distributionat @kolencherry It’s small, but Church Produce is close: https://t.co/C5Z5eOp4YM

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

Putting @Dustinkcouch out of business.

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We’re talking about Goblins.
https://t.co/dqmcLGCW71

[Framework @FrameworkPuter]

Our biggest breakthrough in efficiency yet, the Framework Laptop 13 Pro with 20 hours of battery life. In Graphite.

Linux-first with options for Ubuntu pre-installed. Featuring Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 processors, LPCAMM2 Memory, a new haptic touchpad, and a touchscreen display.

Pre-orders for the Framework Laptop 13 Pro open now: https://t.co/88vOj9duM1

[Framework @FrameworkPuter]

It's time to seize the means of computation! We have a live launch event coming up on April 21st at 10:30am Pacific where we'll be announcing the products we've been working on over the last 12+ months.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@jukan05 You’re getting tourist/IG/tiktok recommendations on burritos. Skip those and go to Al Carajo, Chuy’s Fiesta, or El Patron in the Mission.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@Tancrededib Chinatown and Sunset/Richmond D-tier means you’re missing out on half the good food in the city.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@lizwandersworld What’s the Hello Kitty device?

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@kodjima33 @omidotme Awesome to see the growth!

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

Not that the restaurants in the quote aren’t good. I am going to Penny Roma again today. There’s just a lot more to SF food than what makes it to the Michelin Guide.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

Everyone is posting the most normie SF restaurant recommendations. Where’s lengua tacos at El Patron? Chicken feet from Good Luck Dim Sum? Biang-biang noodles from Terra Cotta Warrior?

[Hurley @Johnsjawn]

S Tier - Chez Panisse, Ernest, Mijoté, Mister Jiu's, Osito (rip), Quince, Rintaro, The Progress, Verjus

A Tier - Bar Jabroni, Bones Bagels, Caché, Cotogna, Flour and Water, Heirloom Cafe, Jules, Kothai, Lazy Bear, Loquat, Nari, Palm City, Pearl 6101, Penny Roma, Rich Table, San Ho Won, side a, Spruce, Tartine Manufactory, The Mill, Zuni Cafe, Ju Ni

B Tier - Anomaly, Blue Plate, Buddy, Camino Alto, Che Fico, Frances, L'Ardoise Bistro, Liholiho, Mama Ji's, Mamahuhu, Mattina, Mosa, Nopa, Octavia, Original Joe's, Prik Hom, R & G Lounge, Radhaus, Robin, Nepa Indian Cuisine, Sandy's, Shuggie's, State Bird Provisions, Suppenküchen, Trick Dog, True Laurel

Full list:

https://t.co/XQJ0fRCIq0

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

Biblically accurate mini pc

[CNX Software @cnxsoft]

$199 AI mini PC suitable for Frigate NVR, Immich smart photo album, Home Assistant, etc.
https://t.co/dghMs2wPuk

@M5Stack “AI Pyramid Computer Box” mini PC is powered by an Axera AX8850 octa-core Cortex-A55 SoC with a 24 TOPS NPU, features 4GB or 8GB of RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, a microSD card slot, two HDMI 2.0 ports, a 4-mic array, a built-in speaker, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, four USB 3.2 ports, and two USB-C ports for data and power.

The system runs a Linux image based on Ubuntu with a desktop GUI. The company wrote tutorials for Home Assistant, Frigate, Immich, CosyVoice voice cloning, and the sherpa-onnx Speech-to-text and text-to-speech platform. They also released a 16-channel video detection demo leveraging the built-in video decoder.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@mehul @maticrobots Congrats! Awesome product and awesome company!

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@signulll @girdley Probably the 409A valuation, which sets the fair market value of private companies for tax purposes already. (note: I also think taxing unrealized gains is a bad idea)

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

Physical goods startups get the added benefit of:
1. 2020 - international lockdowns preventing visiting suppliers
2. 2021 - extreme silicon and air cargo crunch
3. 2022-2023 - inventory hangover from supply/demand whiplash
4. 2025 - tariff chaos
5. 2026 - an even bigger silicon crunch

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

Building a consumer hardware startup from 2020 into 2026:

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@_abbie_watson_ @DanielleFong Any splitting that has Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, and parts of Japan together is unbeatable. You have to center on Taipei or something with a line separating Korea and Japan from each other.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

This place in Chinatown, with the best noodle soup I’ve had anywhere in the US: https://t.co/Do7xvhZPrZ

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

I take it back.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

I’m sorry to say, the food in LA is better.

[Nirav Patel @cmonkey]

@hwnation Congrats on the launch!