Varun

22 | Shipping AI agents + learning system design in public
Daily Indian AI signal + MERN → Agentic notes
Building out → building

[Varun @vrunhere]

I don’t know how it goes, kani “restarting my career” ani odilesi… fresh ga start chesthunna. From zero. Let’s see where this takes me :)

[Varun @vrunhere]

@ShubhangiYaps @heykiviai No just waiting for windows release of @heykiviai

[Varun @vrunhere]

Hyderabad startup ecosystem finally got its map moment 👀

@MBDTshiva just dropped a clean list of Hyderabad startups + GCCs, inspired by the Bangalore one from @aditi_tibarewal

Check it here: https://t.co/wwwDjStVXZ

[The Offline Network @OfflineOnAir]

Bengaluru’s startup ecosystem, literally on a map.

And you can even buy an ad spot on this for 2,500 for 24-hour flash slot.

[Varun @vrunhere]

Day 1/100.

back to learning & building after a long gap.

today ↓

- System Design: scaling, load balancing, consistent hashing

- GenAI: revisited concepts for next project

- DSA: got humbled 😭

lack of consistent practice really shows.

problems I could solve before are taking way too long now.

practice → struggle → learn → repeat.

99 days to get better.

[Varun @vrunhere]

POV: Claude is down and your manager still expects the task by EOD.

[Varun @vrunhere]

@chilipichimtuuu @X Hey, I'd love to connect with you too! I'm also really interested in building and exploring AI agents. Let's connect

[Varun @vrunhere]

@purvapande @X yo this actually sounds interesting 👀 followed, would love to see how you're building this

[Varun @vrunhere]

dear @X algo

send me the people building cool stuff
if you’re into:

→ tech
→ ai agents
→ rag systems
→ generative ai
→ ai workflows
→ saas
→ backend
→ frontend
→ software engineering
→ open source
→ ai engineering

let’s connect and build cool shit together

[Varun @vrunhere]

@Spidey_707 Sometimes i feel the same 🤞

[Varun @vrunhere]

@uday_devops forr me, it’s betterAuth
super clean, developer-friendly and just feels great to work with it definitely worth checking out🔥

[Varun @vrunhere]

@gayathrithedev Hey there! So, how are you planning to build this group or community for folks interested in building AI stuff?

[Varun @vrunhere]

working hard from day one to turn all those fails into one win

[Varun @vrunhere]

3am club

either we are building something great or completely ruining our sleep schedule 😭

[Varun @vrunhere]

i kinda agree with this

but 2026-2030 demand is going to be very different from 2020-2025

roles and their specifications will change a lot, and specialization + skill will matter way more

[Vishal Singh 🥑 @vishalsingh2972]

Hot take:

There will be more demand for software developers 2026-2030 than there was from 2020-2025.

[Varun @vrunhere]

@vishalsingh2972 yeah definitely but it depends a lot on the role specialization and skill level

demand will be there but not for everyone to

[Varun @vrunhere]

@btwiambot Let’s connect

[Varun @vrunhere]

If you haven’t completed Excel yet, complete it first. Then go to the codebasics challenges website and pick one data analysis challenge and build a complete project. Also, try to explore some data analysis related workflows using tools like n8n. You don’t need to go very deep into automation, but having basic knowledge of these workflows will be helpful.

https://t.co/bOlO2dTd5G

[Varun @vrunhere]

@suraj_sharma14 Let’s connect

[Varun @vrunhere]

Weekend is cooked 🥷

Ox Alpha is free on OpenRouter rn 👀

1M context, 131K output + text/image/video input. Mainly built for coding & agentic stuff.

Free for the next week with almost unlimited usage.

Still nobody knows which lab is behind it. Some say GLM-5.3, rumors pointing to Xiaomi MiMo.

Let’s grab it and give it a try this weekend. It’s $0 anyway 👀

[OpenRouter @OpenRouter]

🥷 New stealth model: Ox Alpha

Ox Alpha is a frontier model built for efficient coding, sustained agentic work, and real-world production use.

- 1M token context window
- Text, image, and video input

Try it now and share feedback to improve the model! https://t.co/tU5lmZrO5z

[Varun @vrunhere]

@chilipichimtuuu 11:11