Every great product starts with an awkward first demo and a brave builder willing to press “Present Screen.” 😄
Its high time that we move past the present screen and go into execution mode.
Excited to join the @videodb_io Demo Night by @pune_dao this Saturday and share what we’ve been cooking.
🔗luma.com/u8x6v0dk
Pull up if you love startups, AI & builder energy 🚀
#BuildInPublic #PuneDAO #DemoNight #Pune
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Indoor mosquito breeding is driving Pune’s dengue surge 🦟 ⚠️
Places to look for:
🦟 Water collected in trays beneath flowerpots.
🦟 Money plant containers and other plant pots.
🦟 Uncovered buckets, drums and water-storage containers.
🦟 Stagnant water on terraces and in overhead-tank areas.
🦟 Elevator shafts, ducts and parking areas.
🦟 Construction sites and other places where water accumulates.
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One guy just cloned $100 billion worth of Adobe software in about a week. Then he put all of it on GitHub for free.
The project is called ArtCraft. Brandon Thomas, a software engineer with 15 years in the industry, pushed his first commit on September 30. Within days there were working open source versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat, all written in Rust, with Claude Opus doing most of the typing. He built them clean-room too, the project actually bans decompiled code.
Here's where it gets interesting for anyone who thinks Adobe is finished.
A free Photoshop has existed since 1996. It's called GIMP. Adobe grew from $4.8 billion to $23.8 billion in revenue with it sitting one download away the entire time. The money comes from the .psd files every client sends you, the plugin ecosystem, the enterprise contracts, and 30 years of muscle memory baked into millions of hands. None of that showed up in a GitHub repo last week.
Thomas says so himself. His own status notes put PhotoCraft at maybe a third of professional workflows, with around 20 tools missing and zero plugin support.
Wall Street already did this math two years ago. Adobe peaked near $300 billion in 2021 and trades around $100 billion today, even while revenue grew 13% last quarter and recurring revenue hit $27.5 billion. The stock got crushed on the expectation of AI clones long before one existed.
So what actually changed last week? The price of the first 70%. Getting a mature app to "mostly works" used to take a funded team years. Now one guy with a coding agent does it in days. The last 30%, the color management, codec licensing, and print workflows that studios bet their businesses on, took Adobe three decades. That's still where the money is.
And if your startup pitch is "we have proprietary technology," that sentence stopped being fundable this week. Somebody can rebuild your product between two Mondays. Distribution and owning the workflow are the moats that survive, and the companies holding those just watched their hand get stronger.
Chamath says IP and software were "effectively rendered worthless" this week, after people decompiled Adobe's core products and published open-source versions, as every service goes headless
"The more important point I want to make though, is I sent this to Nick, there's been a couple things that happened in the last couple days, which I think are incredibly important."
"There have been people that decompiled the entire, the entire big five. What is the big five? Adobe has five very, very important products in their product suite. Freeberg may know them all, but I just know Photoshop. There's like a bunch of others. Okay."
"And these folks decompiled it, distilled it, and published open source versions of these things. And Rust, yeah. And I was so shocked, because I was like, hold on a second, these are like profound products that have existed and have had moats for years, and now they're just open source versions."
"And then Nikita was, I think, trolling, and he was building on that idea, and just talking about GTA, because it's about to get released. I think GTA 6 is about to come out, and we'll reconstruct this."
"Why is this important?"
"I think that IP and software was effectively rendered worthless two days ago."
"Because if you think about it, when everything is headless, so when Elon makes his services headless, Benioff made Salesforce headless a few months earlier, when all of these things are headless, and you can wrap them in agent tools, and you can connect them via MCP to other experiences, the value of IP does no longer exist in software. It doesn't exist."
"And I think that probably is the most profound implication."
"So, like, even in our business, we would argue with some of our customers all the time, because we'll say, oh, we'll build this for you, we'll own the IP. They'll say, no, we want the IP. We don't know how to negotiate it. And two days ago, I walked into the 8090 guys, I said, who cares? Who cares? But before, it was always a negotiation and a set of trade-offs. Now it's a who-cares thing, where, like, the IP is irrelevant."
"It still takes a while for the machinery of a business, and frankly the market, to understand. But that is the most important thing that happened this week in AI, in my opinion."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The open-source Adobe alternatives were clean-room reimplementations built from scratch, not decompiled Adobe code. The project states they were built from public specs and observed behavior with no proprietary code or assets. notebookcheck.net/Photoshop-Prem… explainx.ai/blog/photocraf…
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🚨Hospitals inflate bills. Insurers penalise policyholders.
Sometimes, the insurance industry shoots itself in the foot!
📈Hospitals conduct unnecessary tests.
📈Hospital stays are unnecessarily prolonged.
📈Medical bills keep rising.
So, what do insurers do?
Instead of penalising the errant hospitals,
Insurers propose to penalise the common man
Propose imposing a 10% co-payment on policyholders and make the common man pay for it!
As more people enter the health insurance ecosystem, insurers should
📈expand coverage,
📈improve service, and
📈control unnecessary costs
Not cut benefits and shift the burden to policyholders.
The solution is better cost management and penalising corrupt hospitals, not penalising the common man.
TO THE HOSPITALS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES,
STOP TAKING THE COMMON MAN FOR A RIDE!
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& we're doing it again.
🥐 Breakfast with Builders
📅 3rd Oct⏰ 11:00 AM onwards📍 The Office Club
No stage. No pressure.
Just builders, ideas, brkfast & conversations that may turn into something bigger.
Lets Hang out
#PuneBuilders #PuneTech #BuildInPublic #AI #VideoDB
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Pune builders, this one is for you. ☕🧑💻
I put together a little throwback from our September builder sessions w @videodb_io demos, crazy ideas, conversations, experiments & the kind of energy u only get when builders get into d same room. ❤️
luma.com/x8xvtfmx
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PuneDAO | Amche Udyog,Amche manse !!! retweeted
The real story behind the "hijacking" attempt on the Dubai flight.
Its ALWAYS them! #Israel
PuneDAO | Amche Udyog,Amche manse !!! retweeted
🚨🚨 Solo médicos valientes y no vendidos al cártel farmaceútico hicieron sonar la ALARMA...
Jóvenes que mueren repentinamente, accidentes cerebrovasculares, ataques cardíacos, coágulos inusuales, turbo cánceres, miocarditis...
Estás son las consecuencias de haber experimentado a nivel mundial con contaminadas "vacunas" genéticas que modifican tu ADN...
Dr. Ahmad Malik.
PuneDAO | Amche Udyog,Amche manse !!! retweeted
Pune wins the bid to host the 2032 UCI Cycling World Championships.
I had predicted it during my podcast with RJ Ruchi!
Stay tuned! 🚴
PuneDAO | Amche Udyog,Amche manse !!! retweeted
Pune Bids Farewell to Bappa Amid Devotional Celebrations
The Ganesh Visarjan procession is underway across Pune with enthusiasm and devotion. The city resonates with the beats of drums, traditional musical instruments and chants of Ganpati Bappa Morya as devotees come together to bid a heartfelt farewell to Ganraya.
Ganpati Bappa Morya! Pudhchya Varshi Lavkar Ya!
#GaneshVisarjan2026 #Ganeshotsav2026 #GanpatiBappaMorya #Pune #Ganraya #PuneNews #PunekarNews
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Ganpati season in Pune is all about one thing: people coming together to create something bigger than themselves. 🧡
So, Punekar builders let's keep that energy going. 🚀
🎥 @videodb_io Demo Day
📅 26th Sept
⏰ 6:00 PM onwards
📍 Pune
🔗 luma.com/0l2il911
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I made a video when 1 dollar was 90 rupees. Today it is 96. The rupee keeps falling and nobody in power wants to talk about it. Your salary did not rise 6% this year, but the dollar did. #CryptoWala #RupeeVsDollar #USDINR #Bitcoin
Bitcoin: 60,000 to 85,000 in under a month.
No Clarity Act. A Fed hike. Governments that would love to shut it down.
It didn't need any of them for 17 years. It doesn't need them now.
Gold bugs, your turn. Explain this.
#Bitcoin #BTC #CryptoWala
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Why not Pune?
Joined a brainstorming session (virtually) with GCC leaders and industry experts to discuss Pune’s journey towards becoming a leading Global GCC Hub.
With its exceptional talent, innovation ecosystem and strong industry base, Pune has immense potential. We are committed to addressing industry needs, enabling investments and creating the right ecosystem for faster growth.
Pune is ready to take the next big leap!
#Maharashtra #Pune
PuneDAO | Amche Udyog,Amche manse !!! retweeted
My honest opinion from the
Aerial view of Pune today.
> It doesn't look like development anymore.
> It looks like concrete has swallowed the hills.
> We built a skyline before we built the lifeline.
> #Pune #UrbanSprawl
> But the question from 10,000 ft is the same as on ground:
> Are we building a city or just buildings?
> Pune is no longer growing.
> It's exploding.
> Aerial view is beautiful and terrifying at the same time. @mieknathshinde @DrSEShinde @Dev_Fadnavis @narendramodi
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If you're new to Pune or have no idea about visiting the various Ganpati Mandals in the city, here's a small guide.
There are 5 Manache Ganpati. Start with them:
Kasba, Tambdi Jogeshwari, Guruji Talim, Tulshibaug, and Kesariwada.
Then there are a few other important Ganpatis worth visiting: Akhil Mandai, Dagdusheth, Bhausaheb Rangari, Jilbya Maruti, and Babu Genu Mandal.
For breakfast and lunch
Vaidya Upahar Gruha, Prabha Vishranti Gruha, Poona Guest House, Shri Krishna Bhuvan, Shripad Idli Centre, Bedekar Misal, Annapurna Snacks, and Supreme Sandwich are some good options for breakfast.
For lunch, Durvankur is a great choice.
Kaka Halwai and Chitale are the go to sweet shops.
You should also try Sujata Mastani, Kawre Cold Drink House, Lassi Ghar, Shirdi Ice Cream, and Devyani Ice Cream.
For shopping, especially for women, you'll find literally everything at Tulshibaug.
And if you find the time, do visit Talyatla Ganpati at Sarasbaug, Shaniwarwada and the Parvati Temple.
Use the metro wherever possible. Do not bring a four wheeler at any cost. And try your luck with 2 wheeler parking. Get down at PMC metro if u are using Line 2 and at Kasba if u are using Line 1.
The real fun is in walking around and exploring the different mandals so avoid chappals, slippers, and sandals. Wear proper shoes, and carry water.
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Pune’s history comes alive at Shaniwar Wada
PMC’s “Punawadi to Pune” Light & Sound Show runs from Sept 19–24, 7–10 PM.
#Pune
PuneDAO | Amche Udyog,Amche manse !!! retweeted
Now we're taking the conversation to breakfast.
☕ Breakfast with Builders
📅 12 Sept | 11 AM onwards
📍 Flairminds, Aundh, Pune
Come hungry.
Bring your laptop.
Bring that crazy idea.
Let's see what Pune builds next. 🚀
🎟️ luma.com/zk2sqibt
#VideoDB #Pune #BuildInPublic
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160 registrations.
20 demos.
5 builders who showed up and share their builts. 🔥
And yes… Pune being Pune, there were chai, pakodas & laddus involved. ☕🥟🍬
Our @videodb_io Demo Night was less about polished pitches and more about people actually BUILDING.
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Replying to @VazeKshitij
@VazeKshitij @pune_dao do check
Sharing the the demo video of bidfund - Micro-funding for Indian hardware builders moving from working prototype to pilot.
A lived problem turned into a solution.
for hardware builders, by hardware builders.
Built by Lakshveer and @underdogbuilder. The errand works by yours truly. 😀
You can show some love ❤️
Thank you @Bhoomiarora_ @aachmannnn @spacetimedb for this lovely Midnight Moonshots hackathon.


























