CEO @getoslash / Sharing what I learn in the journey
Oct 10, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Twilio, with a market cap of $45B, is going to acquire Segment for $3.2 B.
Q: Why are these companies of such high value?
A: We need to first understand the modern software development stack and two essential concepts:
1. Abstraction 2. Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting.
🧵 2/n Software Development is about abstraction.
As a user, you don't need to know what's happening under the hood.
Ex - An iPhone Developer only cares about how her app works, not how Apple's hardware interacts with its operating system.
Sep 26, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Software Icons are a universal way of communication.
Don't try to make icons unique. Your users should guess it instantly.
You are better off downloading existing icons than creating a new pack.
Listing some of the most popular free icon packs in thread 👇
1. ionicons (ionicons.com) by the team behind @Ionicframework
They have three variations - outline, filled, and sharp.
All the licenses are free for personal and commercial use.
Sep 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
If you ever had to create a landing page or marketing asset for a side-hustle or an open-source project, you have struggled to find quality illustrations.
In this thread 👇
I am sharing some of the open-source illustrations we have been using in the last two years. 1. Undraw (undraw.co ) by @NinaLimpi
It has +100 illustrations that can be customized by changing colors. Thanks to her generosity, you can use it for personal and commercial projects without any attribution.
Sep 19, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Notion recently announced they are introducing backlinks, one of the most loved features of Roam Research.
There is a cycle here.
A startup discovers a novel feature. The entire industry rapidly adopts the feature, making it a commodity.
Examples in Thread 👇
💡Kanban Board:
In 2012, Trello pioneered Kanban Board and built an entire company around it.
Asana, the then leading collaboration platform, launched Kanban in 2016.
Oct 30, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
For 10 Days, I meditated 12 hours a day.
No talking. No reading. No writing. No communication.
I woke up a 4 AM and went to bed by 9 PM. I was eating simple vegetarian food only twice a day.
That's Vipassana.
In July, I finished a 10 Day Vipassana Course before starting @demandwork.
I lived the life of a monk. Living with basic necessities of life: - a simple vegetarian meal two times a day, a bucket of hot water, and a bed to sleep.
Feb 5, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1/4 The best tech article I read this week is Outgrowing Advertising by @conniechan, Partner at a16z. In this post, she writes about the different business models of Chinese Entertainment Apps.
#BusinessModels#startups2/4 She suggests that startups should experiment with multiple business models and eventually outgrow advertising or subscription revenue. I learned that the podcast market in China is 3-5 billion USD, more than ten times the size of that in the US.
