Vikalp | विकल्प

craft, care, quality
Advising founders | prev: design lead @obvious_in, founding designer & core-team @razorpay | grad. @iitroorkee

🦋 @vikalp.me

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

So, I've been making playlists for few years now. Thought of sharing it. Here we go! 🎶

1. Desi happy trip, ~2hr: Best for a road trip or chilling in your balcony with some upbeat desi music (added new music for those who've been listening to it)

https://t.co/q4xJYL8K3r

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

Don’t make friends who gift you such puzzles 🧩

[Matthew Gross @HurricaneAddict]

Lurking below the surface in the equatorial Pacific is possibly the most impressive blob of above average ocean temperatures we've ever recorded since we've had the ability to measure this stuff. When that enormous concentration of bath water reaches the surface over the coming weeks and months, it's going to release devastating consequences around the globe throughout the second half of the year. Get ready for severe droughts in parts of South America, Africa, and Australia, devastating monsoons in southern China, and a roaring southern jet all winter long in North America. When you combine this with the fertilizer crisis bubbling as a byproduct of current global events, there's going to be crop failure on a level most of us have never seen during the closing months of 2026. Hard to see how we avoid widespread deadly famines across multiple stretches of the planet at this point.

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

@clearlysid I took a hard decision living in Koramangala to not join a workplace on outer ring road and beyond. Moved to Central Bangalore after lockdown.

One of the best decision. Though now I dread going that side.

[tejas • તેજસ 🖖🏾 @space_dacait]

ChatGPT makes students dumber.

General purpose AI takes all the grunt, grind, travails, and tribulations away from doing homework. Result: amnesia and loss of critical thinking.

a way to design AI learning tools that elevates the learning experience:
https://t.co/AAWsi2CoVE

[West Coast Weatherman @RainTracker]

Heat wave over India peaking around April 26, before taking a short break from Apr 27.

Look at the intense 40-45+ temperatures sweeping Indian plains from Jammu to Madurai, Bhuj to Murshidabad.

No mercy, just brutal heat for next 3 days

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

@sanketpath @OpenAI Competition is great 💯

[abhinit ابھنت @abhinitial]

@Kenneth @manasvaze @vikalp As @varungrover once said “koi poochhta hai UP se kaun kaun hai to haath nahin uthana hota hai”

Kanpur walon ko to nazar bhi nahin Milani chahiye

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

No other technology has made people doubt/question the authenticity of output.

Design software for people than make users work around your software.

https://t.co/cnRyMMbQdI

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

@manasvaze Spits paan over the screen when initialised

[Nimisha Mehta @halfburntcookie]

I recently discovered the “Everything Is Everything” podcast by @amitvarma & @ajay_shah and I loved it so much that I felt like we needed a book companion for all those incredible recommendations!

So here it is: https://t.co/3XgSyoAlaa

[tejas • તેજસ 🖖🏾 @space_dacait]

7pm Friday. You want to go out. First app, scroll, nothing good. The next app: same.

40 minutes later, still on the couch.

That’s a Decision Gap. We designed an AI to close that gap, founded on the principle of Decision Compression.

Steal the idea here: https://t.co/kKQ5m25uop

[Ritesh Banglani @banglani]

What firangs get most wrong about India is our national dish. It's not chicken tikka masala (not Indian); it's not "curry" (not a dish); it's the humble dosa. All of us have an unlikely dosa story. Here is mine.

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

@sankalpdomore Ekdum kadak 🔥

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

So, I've been making playlists for few years now. Thought of sharing it. Here we go! 🎶

1. Desi happy trip, ~2hr: Best for a road trip or chilling in your balcony with some upbeat desi music (added new music for those who've been listening to it)

https://t.co/q4xJYL8K3r

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

@sankalpdomore 🙏🏽
Free nhi hai bhai. You have to recommend/share some music

[𝙉𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝 @theonly_nitish]

BTS of Indian Railways announcements 😭

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

@skd2492 Naming something or making terms is the first step.

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

"Design leaders" will start calling this (synthetic) user research soon.

Anyway, who does research. Such a waste of time and money.

[Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson]

You gotta be shitting me

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately*

Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code.

GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH

https://t.co/vcSkhM5yLV

[Vikalp | विकल्प @vikxlp]

@Kenneth It also never retains the playlist/album in the desktop app if I quit.

[Kenneth Dsouza @Kenneth]

Next edition of ‘Design Demo Nights’ is on April 17th.

‘Design Demo Nights’ is a small, curated evening for designers to get together, share what they’ve been building, and see what others are doing with code and AI.

Apply to attend at (limited seats):

https://t.co/zXLAEVtDq1