Shashank Bhat

The next next act

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

@blader @arithecfo File my taxes on time!

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

The forward deployment we need.

[Vaibhav Sisinty @VaibhavSisinty]

An Indian engineer in Bengaluru got tired of potholes destroying his car.

So he built an app with Codex that detects them, finds who is responsible, and files a complaint.

Here is how it works. He installed a dashcam with GPS and an accelerometer. The app records everything while he drives.

A vision model classifies every pothole by size. Small, medium, large.

But here is the clever part. Most Indian roads are under warranty.

The contractor who built them is legally responsible for fixing potholes for free.

His app searches through 2,900 government contracts, finds the exact tender number, identifies the officer responsible, attaches the photo and geolocation, and generates a ready-to-file complaint.

One drive to work. 12 potholes detected. 12 complaints ready.

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vc: @gkcs_

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

If the ceiling of engineering quality is the Swiss watch, here's Shiva Shiva's take on the floor.

[Shiva Shiva @hyperinteger]

May be you should and relieve .@github from the incompetent clutches of .@satyanadella who dragged it down to Microsoft quality.

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

@deedydas Deccan, Objectways

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

In another edition of watch what they do vs. ignore what they say, AUM >> everything else in privates.

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

@noahpompan @ereborbank @roshunpatel How do I open an account?

[Kevin Gee @kevg1412]

Any time I meet a VC, especially an emerging manager, I think about this passage by Tony Hsieh reflecting on Venture Frogs (his fund with Sequoia's Alfred Lin)

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

Mood. https://t.co/1PyYZwQXTR

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

Perhaps intentional placement, but I submit to Ajay that this piece reads like retards retard private investment and GDP growth in India. And that reading might not be off the mark.

[Ajay Shah @ajay_shah]

https://t.co/g4H1VlycHD

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

Sometimes one is very well served in the long run by a "message received" moment. A catalyst non-pareil for an all-consuming, unrelenting quest. The short-term, however, let's not even go there.

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

Note to self: completing the narrative is not worthwhile.

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

bet on exporters being more efficient, reduced borrowing costs for the rest. Iff the uninterrupted fuel supply is true, it’s better than running chai samosa meetings worthy of an OTT series on Sony Liv.

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

When the levee breaks... https://t.co/uVRjmWI0Wh

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

Instead of fighting it, what if they remove the capital controls and make the ₹ fully convertible 🤔

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

The coddling of the normie tech employee.

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

e. e. cummings

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

Everything is computer, everyone is VC.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Much, much harder to be a quarterback than an armchair quarterback

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

Lei Jun is a legend!

[mitsuri @0xmitsurii]

Nobody cares untill you are rich. Xiaomi's founder then vs now.

[Shashank Bhat @shashank_ps]

If one follows the breadcrumbs when John Malone speaks, it's a pretty comprehensive course on capital allocation, structuring and tax efficiency (genius/non-pareil), incentive alignment, and life perhaps. https://t.co/s9qkrtbTHB