Gaurav Chande
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building things https://t.co/pEgYhdeEPg @AcornStudioHQ, self-taught programmer, girl dad, investor, writer, video gamer, book reader, ex-@Shopify
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Joined December 2009
Same exact content. Same timeframe. Reddit: 81K views, 670 upvotes, 95 comments.X: Suppressed to oblivion. Reddit: People sharing their own stories, asking for tips, genuine engagement. X algorithm: "This heartwarming dad content? Hard pass.". Wild difference 🤷♂️ Anyone else
I used AI to create a storybook starring my daughter as the hero. Spent weeks getting the illustrations just right, but I wasn't prepared for her reaction. It was absolutely priceless! 😊 She's carried this book everywhere. This might be the best thing I've ever made. And now we
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This one too, great advice for young programmers, and how best to set a 'mental model of success' when starting on a new project:
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"There's way too much bouncing going on, and not enough scoring, not enough dunking [in business]" 😂😂. My favourite part from @dhh 's podcast with @lexfridman, breaks down well why exactly meetings are toxic:
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I used AI to create a storybook starring my daughter as the hero. Spent weeks getting the illustrations just right, but I wasn't prepared for her reaction. It was absolutely priceless! 😊 She's carried this book everywhere. This might be the best thing I've ever made. And now we
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Some illustrations from a children's book I'm making with Bookling .ai📚. Really love how the finetune on this model turned out. Likeness of the character and expression quality is looking solid
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- Your brain for what to build and why.- Gemini 2.5 Pro for research + learning stuff (it's too good).- Opus 4 for specs + task lists (have to try Grok 4).- Sonnet for building (fast enough, smart enough). This stack is absolute fire rn.
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Took me embarrassingly long to learn: we’ve overcorrected against NIH syndrome. If you’re pumped about an idea, killing it because something similar exists is an injustice to your taste. Everything you use today was at one time seen as some kind of duplication. Build it!.
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These were always the bottlenecks, some people are just hitting them much faster.
writing the code is the easy part now. the bottlenecks are:. - defining the right product (insight, taste, timing).- distribution (narrative, audience, partnerships).- design that feels alive.- data access (auth, api, privacy).- user motivation & trust (esp. w/ ai).- platform.
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Another small breakthrough with (turns kids' stories into magical books)!.Consistent character + scene generation across 4+ different settings. Non-main character (fairy) stays fairly consistent too. Still working on: lighting consistency and background
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For a second I thought this was prompt engineering technique. Actually very applicable.
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I gave Claude Code a bunch of context to plan implementation tasks using the famous "skateboard to car" MVP development analogy, and having good results so far! Link to markdown below 👇
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RT @StackhouseJohn: Happy Canada Day!. 🇨🇦158 years old (29th).🇨🇦10MM sovereign km2 (2d).🇨🇦$2.3 trillion GDP (9th).🇨🇦28 Nobels (8th).🇨🇦38,05….
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