Prashanth HN

Generalist, Simplifier, AWS Serverless Hero

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

There is an American tech YouTuber called Jerry Rigs Everything. Most of his videos are about him taking apart devices, understanding how they work etc.

He has 10.2 million subscribers

In 2005 his wife had a horse riding accident as a result of which she was paralyzed waist down. She now required a wheel chair to move about

All high quality outdoor wheelchairs that he tested costed upwards of $20,000

Considering he was a tech Youtuber with some fame he could have simply called one company to get one for free.

He didn't do that

Like he does on his channel, he took apart a wheelchair, understood its components and then built one on his own

He then decided to sell them in public for $999. He called it the Paradox

Thanks to him, most of us can have access to high mobility, all terrain wheelchairs.

This is what tech Youtubers abroad do. They actually make a difference

Meanwhile Our guys haven't yet gone past, "Arre Bhai, Yeh dekho Apple ka agla amazing phone, Isme aapko milta hai 3 camera aur ek screen. See how I am drooling on this packaging and colour" with some pathetically click baity thumbnails

[vish key @himalayanguy_7]

We got live dosa tracking in Bangalore before GTA 6

[Chandra R. Srikanth @chandrarsrikant]

Dystopian 🧐

[Sathya @SathyaBhat]

Love being able to visit different hotels and find out.. they have weird stuff like this completely transparent shower in the middle of the room.

[Archana @TravelSeeWrite]

We need to talk about this uncomfortable travel truth.

The way some perfectly mobile Indian travellers use wheelchair assistance at airports needs to be talked about.

Seen at Paris airport today.

#wheelchairassistance #indiantravellers

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Rofl that both OpenAI and Asana management believed that it would take FIVE years to migrate Enzyme to React Testing Library. What amusing BS!

I imagine it went like this:

Manager: “How long will it take? Give me SOMETHING”

Dev (annoyed): “FIVE YEARS OK?? Now leave me alone.”

[Chandra R. Srikanth @chandrarsrikant]

🚨Razorpay launches AI foundation model with NVIDIA, AWS for payment routing, fraud detection

Razorpay says it reported an 8-10% improvement in payment success rates, eight times more international card fraud detected and stopped, and five times more fraudulent or disputed transactions identified without an increase in alerts.

It also said 40% more shoppers saw their preferred UPI app on Razorpay Magic Checkout, helping complete 1-2 lakh additional purchases a month.

Co-founder @harshilmathur said the model can identify patterns such as a particular bank performing poorly for certain cards or transactions at specific times, and use those signals to improve routing. It can also recommend which saved payment instrument is more likely to work for a customer

By @BhavyaDKumar

https://t.co/YCbsC26IDE

[Srikanth.CashlessConsumer | ஸ்‌ரீகாந்த் @logic]

#CashlessConsumer #Security Investigation.

@RBI created .bank.in so you could trust your bank's website.

@IDRBT security policy claimed the domain registrar was "audited." Reality: 0 auth on any endpoint, data leaks

Built without tender. Detailed report https://t.co/F0euEH1spb

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

https://t.co/ZtGT8M7j5r

[Ritu Joon @ritujoon2j]

Yesterday was one of the most hectic days of my life while travelling.

It took us 18 hours to reach Munnar. We got stuck in Annamalai National Park for eight hours on a 10 km stretch.

We were supposed to reach Munnar by 4 pm but arrived around 1:30 a.m.

We almost ran out of fuel, there was no network in the national park, and our family was worried about us. As girls, we struggled to find a washroom for 8-10 hours.

We all say that India is not using the full potential of its tourism, but do we have that kind of infrastructure? One long weekend and every tourist place gets packed.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

This is either brilliant or scary:

Anthropic accidentally leaked the TS source code of Claude Code (which is closed source). Repos sharing the source are taken down with DMCA.

BUT this repo rewrote the code using Python, and so it violates no copyright & cannot be taken down!

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

@Heptabase petition to change the logo, people keep thinking I have Hinge on my phone 😂

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

The Israel–Iran war is coming for your masala dosa https://t.co/IBIj0FSUDf

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

@beastoftraal https://t.co/fpBRmhyAMY

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

@sidin What would be your recommended source of news?

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

@muhammedcj Take care and be safe 🙏🏽

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

OpenAI to open new offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai later this year https://t.co/dAeU6ImAbj

[CG @cgtwts]

Claude Code watching me write code manually

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

Anthropic India revenue run rate doubled since October; Enterprises key to last-mile AI integration, says Irina Ghose https://t.co/lE9C4xAHJP

[Prashanth HN @prashanth]

I love @Heptabase so much that I started worrying about their funding and sustainability! And then found this post - https://t.co/5lzblcRbBF

That's quite comforting to know!