Gaurav Jain

[signüll @signulll]

the craziest part now is that the modern computer probably has to be entirely reinvented, from scratch. pretty much like how jobs & co brought apple ii to market.

like not improved. not given a chatbot sidebar or something but really from the ground up like the iphone redefined what it meant to be a pocket computer.

the current paradigm for computers was built around a human staring at a screen, moving a cursor, opening apps, managing windows, naming files, remembering where things live, & manually translating intent into interface actions.

that made sense when the human was the runtime. but in an ai native world, it starts to look kinda ridiculous.

you can see this ridiculousness when you use computer use agents… they are useful sure, but they’re also obviously transitional. they’re teaching ai to operate machines designed for humans, which is clever, but also kind of absurd. it’s like making a robot hand so it can use a doorknob instead of asking why the door needs a knob at all. yes i know humans also need to use a door knob, but maybe in the future humans don’t need to use a computer, or at least what we think of a computer today at all.

this all leads to some interesting questions:

- what is a file when the system understands context?
- what is an app when intent can route itself?
- what is a desktop when work can be decomposed, executed, monitored, & summarized by agents?
- what is a browser when the agent can retrieve, compare, transact, & remember?
- what is an operating system when the primary user is no longer just a person, but a person plus a swarm of delegated intelligences? or no person at all.

the old computer assumed navigation.
the new computer has to assume a new kind of intention. the old computer organized information. the new computer has to try to organize agency.

we’re still in the hacky middle stage at the moment with sidebars, copilots, agents clicking through legacy ui, & automation layers sitting on top of 40 year old metaphors.

the new computer is likely one where memory, context, identity, permissions, tools, agents, & interfaces are native primitives. this means desktop, mobile, browser, apps, files, folders deserves another first principles look.

[Mo @atmoio]

I was a 10x engineer. Now I'm useless.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become available over the last ~year and a failure to claim the boost feels decidedly like skill issue. There's a new programmable layer of abstraction to master (in addition to the usual layers below) involving agents, subagents, their prompts, contexts, memory, modes, permissions, tools, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP, LSP, slash commands, workflows, IDE integrations, and a need to build an all-encompassing mental model for strengths and pitfalls of fundamentally stochastic, fallible, unintelligible and changing entities suddenly intermingled with what used to be good old fashioned engineering. Clearly some powerful alien tool was handed around except it comes with no manual and everyone has to figure out how to hold it and operate it, while the resulting magnitude 9 earthquake is rocking the profession. Roll up your sleeves to not fall behind.

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

Indian capital helping fulfil Bharat's Global dreams 🇮🇳🗺️

[Ashish Kacholia @LuckyInvest_ARK]

The Indian tech ecosystem will get more risk capital from pioneering firms like Venture Catalysts

https://t.co/nRRGZsOwEc

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Customer Support

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@glpetrelli @piecrustuk @JJEnglert @bubble @thebdk1 Apologies for delay. We will back with full support from Monday onwards

[gaut @0xgaut]

are you this old?

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@kaycpage @Dimultica I’ve faced the same issue. Happy to help you report on this story (have quite a few details as well on misleading customer support statements & negligence by @bookingcom after reporting the case to them.

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@TipsBubble Nope!
It was a part of the original rendering engine that bubble used

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@dannypostma @AleksBasara Next your social media ads will have you and friends hanging out on the couch.

Targeted ads will evolve into Personalized ads with this. 🔥🔥

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

if I asked you about startups, you'd probably give me the skinny on about every book and blog post ever written. paul graham. you know a lot about him. essays. y combinator. hacker news. his vision. his investments. the whole works, right?...

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@immad Any near term plans to issue credit cards like Brex

[Piyush (Rooter) @writetopiyush]

14/ @vcatsindia has been an investor in Rooter since 2018. @ranjan_apoorva and the team have supported us across rounds, getting us access to angel investors and family offices from India and Worldwide.

We are excited to work with their larger fund, @9unicornsVC now.

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@NoCodeAdvantage @ClausISaidSo @bubble Thanks for the mention @NoCodeAdvantage !

@ClausISaidSo superworkflow in utilities plugin is the equivalent of muti-param functions in the bubble world! Tons of bubblers use it. Dramatically simplifies workflows & speeds app

#17 @ https://t.co/GcufISYBtC

[The BDK @thebdk1]

A small collection 50+ web, iOS and Android apps built on @bubble in 2021 by bubblers using bdk native

https://t.co/5D2MTfJs9c

[dima.eth @dimabuterin]

Let's have a frank talk about our carrots

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@emmanuel_s @bubble @insightpartners Congratulations @emmanuel_s @joshhaas and @bubble team!! Very well deserved 🍾🍾

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@Shpigford @emmanuel_s @marnimelrose @douggrubba I’ll bite. Our angel network has syndicated & invested $150mn+ in last 2 years alone. Our entire tech piece is built on bubble.

Chose bubble despite knowing how to code and resources to hire devs. It’s more than just another mvp or quick hack tool.

https://t.co/UKHojgvzUS

[Gaurav Jain @gjain2018]

@steveschoger @mymind Anyone got a spare invite?