Milind Alvares 🦆

Director of Product, XBE. Programmer. Pacifist. Goan. Messi. Coldplayer. Married to @CinatraAlvares.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

"When the last tree is cut, the last fish caught, and the last river poisoned, only then will we realize we can't eat money." Let's save Goa's forests from the heat of railway double tracking! 🌲🔥 #GoaIsBurning #StopDoubleTracking #SaveMollem @RailVikas @visrane @moefcc

[Beats in Brief 🗞️ @beatsinbrief]

India produces ~150–200 billion mangoes per year, but consumes almost all of it domestically, exporting less than 1% globally each year

That’s roughly 110–140 mangoes per person per year

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

The Apple TV as a travel accessory is underrated.

[Sir Grumps A Lot @kurtbento]

I'm looking for work, preferably remote.
Can work as an editor, proofreader, or even mentor younger writers/journalists etc. I'm also experienced in ops and running multiple teams.
DM to chat or - kurtlouisbento at gmail

Do RT for reach, please?

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

“Hellooo my beautiful brother…”
Earworm for the week.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

A complaint to the housing society: that one of the treadmills at the gym makes him feel too tired.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

@barelyknown Nice strategy. Same reason I mumble if I have something important to say.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

@emanuelsa @sketch This is wild. Thank you!

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Claude Code little thing that would make a big impact: A sound notification when it's done with a task. @AnthropicAI you know what to do.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

@cutletpavv Depends on how your wet waste is processed. If composted, then wet waste. But if biogas plants, then it’s dry waste.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Lamine Yamal is a phenomenon. Never thought I’d see another playing like *him* again.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Now if I could just recruit a AI robot that clicks "Yes, do whatever it is" on Claude Code questions.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

The dream… https://t.co/f8I8IUtubS

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

It’s impossible for a coffee shop to honour a “make me a whatever coffee idc your choice” without at least 5 follow up questions.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

@barelyknown iPhone back glass had cracked all the way through. Now as good as new.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

That great feeling when you have to use AppleCare within the window…

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Explaining to American colleagues the standard post mortem after catching a cold.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Grok matching hindi slang in responses is the entertainment we needed on India twitter.

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Siri just talks too much man… 😩

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Feeling pretty smug about charging my Magic Mouse overnight. 😊

[Milind Alvares 🦆 @milindalvares]

Claude Code is the first AI tool that feels less like programming and more like telling a smart programmer what you want done.