Abhijith Unnikrishnan

Engineering @ Branch International | Prev. Engineering @tapchief | Alum @bitspilaniindia| Amateur Mixologist & Inventor

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

As engineering, product, design, DS, etc. melt into a new kind of role, I was reflecting on what roles might look like in the future. For example, when I look at the Claude Code team I see what I think is five archetypes:

1. Prototyper: comes up with brand new ideas; churns out many ideas, most of which don't ship
2. Builder: quickly turns a prototype/idea into production-grade product/infra
3. Sweeper: cleans up the UI, simplifies the code and system, unships, optimizes performance
4. Grower: takes a product that has been built and iterates on it to improve Product-Market Fit
5. Maintainer: owns a mature system to make it secure, reliable, fast, and efficient as it scales

Many people span across 2 roles, and sometimes 3 roles. I also notice that these roles are not really tied to job function -- eg. across Anthropic, some designers match category 1, some 2, some 3; same for engineers, PM, DS.

A healthy team needs a mix of these, depending on the product:

- A product that is new and pre-PMF needs people that are strong at 1+2+3
- A product that is growing and has found PMF needs 2+3+4 and some 5
- A product that has strong PMF needs 3+4+5 and some 2

Maybe product roles of the future will look more like this, and less like the domain-specific roles of today?

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

@FitbitSupport , I bought a Charge 5 about 6 months ago from Amazon India. I forgot to charge it for a few days and now it won’t turn on.
No one seems to be answering the customer support number 000 800 100 4540. I have already tried troubleshooting, can you replace me device?

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

@HelplingEN
I live in NL & paid https://t.co/qxglQPucAH in Dec to help me find a cleaner. Your system matched with a cleaner, who cancelled almost immediately.

I have been trying to reach support for a month, can you please refund the matching fee and return my calls/emails.

[Brian Stoffel @Brian_Stoffel_]

I own 23 stocks.

Here's why I own them 🧵⤵️

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

@Asif_iiitm Congrats @Asif_iiitm! 🎉 I am joining Booking in 2 weeks. Can I DM you ?

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

@nikita_sah It’s like a super bowl halftime, but for the whole show :)

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

Apple wants you to think it’s a Dynamic Island, when in reality it’s just misappropriated screen real estate. #fancynotch

[Shivani Taskar @ShivaniTaskar]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy turns 42 today.

Happy Year of being the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything! 🎉

[Neil Dave @thebavedave]

B2B SaaS website designers right now 💃💃💃

[Anand Lunia, IndiaQuotient @anandlunia]

So here is your
‘5 things I learned from investing in Rebel Foods’
self-aggrandizement thread.
But first the background.

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

@navydish @rohitistaken 👀

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

Is it just me or is the G pay notification sound so welcoming, that you want take a peek?

[Neil Dave @thebavedave]

Underrated stuff I discovered this week:

The soundtrack from Sex Education

It is 🤌🤌

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

The first law of B2B SaaS:

Excel is quite easy to compete against and quite hard to beat.

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

(12/n) Your WiFi could be unreliable for a multitude of other reasons.
1. Unreliable ISP
2. Frequent Group key updates
3. Generally shitty router with a bad SNR
4. Deadspots because of destructive interference

But this worked for me and I hope it helps you too!

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

Is your Wi-Fi unreliable? It probably is, if your neighborhood looks anything like mine. Here is a 🧵on how I fixed mine.

[Abhijith Unnikrishnan @krismannath]

(11/n) I noticed that channel 11 had the least interference and only if I kept the width to 20 MHz. I changed my router settings and haven't looked back!

This problem is not as relevant in the 5G band because of a larger number of non-overlapping channels and a lower range.