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Ex @usecorgi YC (S24) Founding engineer @huddle01com @nintee_official | Tinkering with Software, AI agents, early stage ideas and -1 to 0

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Joined May 2015
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
โ€œWhat did you do today??โ€ Me:
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
My best career advice is to just be genuinely interested in what others are doing and be helpful however you can. I also think this is how to be a good human.
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
always start with evals. work from first principles
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Underrated life advice: Have a Bad-Day Protocol. Go for a walk. Eat something clean. Hit a workout. Take a long shower. Get to bed early. Whatever. You donโ€™t need to solve every problem when youโ€™re at your worst. You need a few moves that stop a bad day from becoming a bad week.
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
๐Ÿ‘‹ I'll be in London during the third week of November and would love to meet engineers and builders. If you're building agents, AI infra, or developer platforms, let's grab a coffee and swap notes on what you're learning and what isn't working yet. DM me if you're around
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
When it comes to hiring, itโ€™s easier to tame a reckless hustler than it is to instill that dawg in someone
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
A compiler is better at turning c code into assembly than you are. But does it mean the compiler is smarter than you? The same holds true for LLMs. They are a future kind of, general compiler
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Builders are in demand Job postings, past 12 months: - Engineering +30% - Software dev +26% - Manufacturing +13% Charts of the Week: a16z.news/p/charts-of-the-weโ€ฆ
The AI jobs panic peaked in May and has faded fast since: - News reports on AI job loss are down ~65%, back to year-ago levels - Layoff announcements that cite AI are down ~90%, near the lowest of the year Charts of the Week: a16z.news/p/charts-of-the-weโ€ฆ
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Weโ€™re at a billion tool calls a month at Composio. We're hiring an APM in the integrations pod to contribute to taking that 10x further. Someone early in their career who learns fast, keeps getting better with agents, and gets their hands dirty when the agents canโ€™t. Bangalore, in person. Apply here: jobs.ashbyhq.com/composio/64โ€ฆ
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Replying to @_jaydeepkarale
Nothing cryptic about it. You are the engineer. You are responsible. You must ensure that all quality gates are met while productivity remains high. Just like before. Just like always.
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Waiting for my plane at the airport like I am in Succession (my seat is 31F)
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Me at a meeting that has absolutely nothing to do with me
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
the moat is how much energy you have
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
๐Ÿ” Node.js security updates are now available! New releases for Node.js 22.x, 24.x & 26.x address multiple vulnerabilities, including high-severity issues. Review the details and update your systems to stay secure. ๐Ÿ”— nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerabiโ€ฆ #NodeJS #Security
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
How does one even think of this
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Darshan Ponikar ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
just released my ps5 & apple products are performing better in value than my investments tf ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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