Hardik

Doing my second MBA (i.e. starting up!); made friends @iitbombay @iimahmedabad; interested in @f1, startups, technology

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre.

The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.

If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits.

There is just less competition for bigger goals.

[Vipul Seth @thevipulseth]

Healthy treats courtesy of my amazing SIL @jainisha98

[Vipul Seth @thevipulseth]

Soak it all in.

[Vipul Seth @thevipulseth]

Breathe. Unwind.

[Amit Bhowmik @___amitb___]

Dahisar Check Naka is Mumbai’s Strait of Hormuz.

[daedalus @BasedDaedalus]

just met a cute girl at the wedding i’m at

like unreal. face card so crazy my frontal lobe clocked out. i’m talking generational. if symmetry was a startup she just closed series b.

we’re vibing. she’s laughing. eye contact locked. i’m farming aura like it’s a full-time job.

then coding comes up.

she goes “yeah i code”

my soul did a hard restart

i’m like oh word “what do you build?”

she says

“mostly vibe-coding rn”

and that’s where a normal man would say “that’s fire” and get her number

but unfortunately i was built in a lab

i go:

“ok define vibe-coding”
“claude code or codex”
“cursor agent mode or raw dogging prompts”
“you got git or just vibes”
“tests?”
“types?”
“deploy?”
“rollback?”
“you read diffs or click accept like a casino addict”

she starts laughing like i’m joking

i was entering forensic mode.

she says “i just use chatgpt and claude and keep asking until it kinda works”

i say “works where”

she says “like… on my laptop”

i say “so localhost cosplay”

bro.

and i swear to God the violinist in the corner sounded like a system alarm

the vibe died instantly

DIED

flatline. kernel panic. social segfault. full emotional 500 in prod.

i try one last save. i go “ok but do you at least push to github”

she says “sometimes, i mostly keep stuff on desktop folders”

DESKTOP FOLDERS

i started dissociating. i could see my ancestors. i could hear linus torvalds screaming in the distance.

her friend walks over like “omg are y’all talking tech”

and i accidentally say

“she said she’s a developer but her stack is claude code, codex, and divine intervention”

she goes “wait no i made a website”

i said “a figma screenshot with a typeform link is not a website, it is a cry for help”

SILENCE.

like biblical silence.

they walked away. she did not look back.

my friend comes over like “bro she was INTO you what happened”

i said “she called herself a coder and then described generating a landing page and praying over it”

he said “so?”

SO???

i’m supposed to build a future with someone whose incident response plan is ‘refresh and re-prompt’???

she had a heavenly face card but an apocalyptic workflow

zero tests
zero repos
zero shame
infinite vibes

could’ve had her number

but she now knows i respect source control

and honestly that’s worth more

[Hardik @whyhardik]

@Pankajamunde

[Hardik @whyhardik]

Never seen a clearer skyline in Bombay in the last 2 years! Thank you Pankaja Munde! #MumbaiAQI

[Milind Deora | मिलिंद देवरा @milinddeora]

Mumbai’s air-pollution crisis is no longer a seasonal issue — it is a public-health emergency. India needs a nationwide war & a national consensus against air pollution.

#Mumbai is gasping for clean air. As a Mumbaikar & a public representative, I believe we deserve better. It is my duty as your MP to stand with you on this growing concern.

I have written to the @mybmc Commissioner urging immediate & extraordinary action, including a temporary halt on all digging & construction work until air quality improves.

Let’s come together & build a public-awareness movement for clean air.
@narendramodi @Dev_Fadnavis @mieknathshinde @JPNadda @byadavbjp

[Milind Deora | मिलिंद देवरा @milinddeora]

I’m sharing this video so every Mumbaikar can understand why we need an immediate halt on all road-digging & construction work until our AQI improves, along with far stricter dust-control enforcement.

I urge citizens to join me in petitioning @mybmc for clean, breathable air.
#RightToCleanAir #CleanAirForMumbai #MumbaiAQI

[Ryanair @Ryanair]

we would never give out headphones

[Kunal Bahl @1kunalbahl]

One of the strangest things about being a founder is the timing mismatch of emotions.

By the time the world starts congratulating you for something you did - closing a round, hitting a milestone, launching something big - you’ve already moved on. You’re knee-deep in the next problem. Anxious. Sleepless. Thinking, “How do I solve this current situation?”

Celebrations almost feel out of sync, like cheering for a runner who’s already started the next lap. So when people cheer, you smile and say thank you, but in your head, you’re somewhere else entirely.

It’s a weird thing. You rarely get to feel the euphoria others assume you’re feeling. Because your mind just won’t stay still.

That’s the founder's loop - solve, sprint, survive, repeat.

[Hardik @whyhardik]

@sbikh 😂😂😂

[Hardik @whyhardik]

@jontyjashan does it all the time :)

[Pedro Duarte @peduarte]

believe nothing. not even people's runs

[Hardik @whyhardik]

@airindia @nandu__24 Nanditha great service!

[Hardik @whyhardik]

@InfiniChai is there a way @WakefitCo can expedite furniture deliveries? I thought of trying Wakefit for the first time because of a friend’s recommendation. And realized that the delivery experience can become a lot better. There’s a 24 day lead time in an era of quick com! 😝

[Eternal Drift @drifteternal_]

This is beyond disappointing. Mumbai’s ₹14000 crore Coastal Road already looks like patchwork. I feel betrayed—this was supposed to be world-class infrastructure. L&T and BMC must be held accountable. Is this what we paid for? #Mumbai #CoastalRoad #InfrastructureFail

[Vipul Seth @thevipulseth]

From balcony to plate
Feels good to be a farmer 🍅🤭

[Vipul Seth @thevipulseth]

Chess is the only sport where I’m ambidextrous - equally bad with both my right and left hand 🫣

[Vipul Seth @thevipulseth]

Why is this soo true 😭