nilesh

Building AIs at https://snowmountain.ai

I love machines, maths, and music.

❤️ https://isfixable.com

Previously: Meta, Foresight Institute, ClearTax, Gupshup, IIML, IITKGP

Twitter: https://x.com/nileshtrivedi
GitHub: https://github.com/nileshtrivedi
Homepage: https://nilesh.trivedi.link/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nilesh.trivedi.link

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2026-01-06 08:02:49 CET

Bangalore peeps, I've been invited by Abheek Learning Center to speak to parents and educators about the Future of Learning in the age of AI, especially how to manage children's exposure on our computing devices.
This Saturday, 9:30AM. Limited capacity.
Event page: https://luma.com/mxnsai48
#parenting #learning #computing #AI
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2025-10-18 09:08:38 CEST

We're having the first edit-a-thon for the Fixable hardware Wiki ( https://isfixable.com/ )
3PM today on Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ybx-eose-jbi
#openhardware #RightToRepair

2025-08-24 18:58:40 CEST

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The Addorial.

2025-08-13 09:13:07 CEST

This is depressing but only if you think about it. 😀
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2025-08-12 11:44:19 CEST

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Mostly point set topology.

2025-08-12 11:42:55 CEST

Reading survey papers across disciplines is insanely effective.
Not only do you learn almost state-of-the-art knowledge that has not yet made to textbooks, but you also build a mental map of the field and how different ideas relate to each other. I find this scaffolding very useful for retention.

2025-08-12 08:56:16 CEST

Topology is so underrated.
I used to think it's just a corner of abstract mathematics, but now I see EVERY question in terms of what the space of possible answers is and what the properties of its shape are because they inform approaches for design, search & optimization.
#mathematics

2025-08-12 08:54:48 CEST

I have been thinking about distributed reactive computation. There is way too much plumbing involved in building apps.
Have landed on an elegant model, with which, expressing a multi-user, secure, high-performance todo app takes 20 lines of code (including a basic reactive UI).
#computing

2025-07-02 03:27:19 CEST

This is such a good site! #foss #OpenSource
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2025-05-12 20:26:21 CEST

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All links available here: https://x.com/OnTheNewsBeat/status/1921700258947694957/video/1

2025-05-12 20:25:38 CEST

LOL! It gets better!
In an attempt to get out of the disastrous reveal, #Pakistan Army held a press conference and claimed that this person is an ordinary preacher. They shared his National ID card.
But that very ID belongs to Hafiz Rauf as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). It further matches data shared in the 'Sanctions List' of terrorists for one Hafiz Abdur by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
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2025-04-09 05:33:32 CEST

What are the chances that the hardest implication remaining to be proved or disproved in Terence Tao's Equational Theories project happens to be indexed at Ramanujan's Number 1729?
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2025-04-01 17:09:31 CEST

Announcing VibeLang 1.0 - a new #programming language for the AI age.
Designed for professional vibe-coders.
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2025-03-22 10:05:39 CET

Just gave a lightning talk about the #repairability wiki for India
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2025-03-01 11:45:55 CET

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Cuts the # of things to memorize by 2/3rds by leveraging symmetry.

2025-01-22 06:57:11 CET

Do non-profits not have to consider the question of Founder-Problem fit? Today, a for-profit startup wouldn't make any headway without Founder-Market fit.
If technology is critical to your mission, you won't be able to go anywhere without a technical co-founder, even as a nonprofit.

2025-01-21 07:39:49 CET

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Yup.
We should come up with our own repairability rating. I started thinking about this: https://nilesh.gitbook.io/openhardwareindia/scoring-formula

2025-01-20 10:44:10 CET

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I just got to know about HMD Fusion. They seem supportive of self-repair.
I do want to make this a collaborative effort. Let me know if you'd like to contribute to the wiki. It requires consolidating a lot of knowledge which is not easy to find on the Internet. Like which water purifiers work with standard off-the-shelf filters.

2025-01-19 07:43:32 CET

You can watch the livestream of Audio Developer Conference (Bangalore) 2025 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXU_HwonHq0
Here is the schedule of talks (IST):
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2025-01-19 07:40:56 CET

Must-watch documentary "Indus Blues" about the dying musical traditions and instruments of Indus Valley (now Pakistan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbnfUycYhwk

2025-01-07 07:50:52 CET

Finally, year of #Linux on the desktop!! 🙂
#nvidia #ai #technology
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2024-12-23 07:22:47 CET

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It might be possible to run mobile apps on desktop OS in many cases.

2024-12-23 06:26:11 CET

Trying out OpenVibe - a unified feed client for #Mastodon and #Bluesky : https://openvibe.social/
#Fediverse #interoperability

2024-12-16 05:23:44 CET

Genuine question for 2025: Should I hire a programmer intern or spend $200 - $500 per month on o1-pro / Devin? 🤔
#programming

2024-11-20 12:54:08 CET

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I have contributed to Whalebird, Elk and other AP projects. But the reality is that Mastodon dominates the entire ActivityPub ecosystem and is holding everything back.

2024-11-20 12:22:19 CET

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No, the way Mastodon has implemented ActivityPub leaves a lot to ask for.
a: https://fosstodon.org/@nilesh/113503507317445732
b: https://fosstodon.org/@nilesh/113469472278077712

2024-11-19 02:55:53 CET

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I don't understand what you are trying to say.
Takahe supports multiple domains per instance: https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe but Mastodon still does not.

2024-09-17 21:10:13 CEST

It's clear what #Mozilla leadership was actually paid for.
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2024-09-11 08:04:20 CEST

The #web #browser market
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2024-09-08 07:21:30 CEST

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One issue with this approach is conflict resolution when two offline devices change the data. Using Syncthing/GDrive/Dropbox for syncing typically don't handle merged properly. Git does but does not have the convenience these tools provide.

2024-08-29 10:28:26 CEST

Is there an #ActivityPub server that allows users to add hashtags/topics to lists? Here is the feature request in #Mastodon repo: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/7692
I am interested in building a Slack-like interface with a list of hashtags/topics being pinned to the sidebar. if not Mastodon, would have to pick a different server.
#hometown #pleroma #Akkoma #takahe #Misskey #GoToSocial

2024-08-22 11:12:10 CEST

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I like COSS too, but there's one way in which this trend will go counter to the user's interests (like every institution does): COSS projects will never make the effort to make themselves unnecessary. Standardization, interoperability, infrastructural integration will all suffer if this is *the* way open-source software gets done in the future. It's the Shirkey principle at work.
Watch out for this!

2024-08-15 13:51:07 CEST

Happy Independence Day! The 🇮🇳 #India project continues.
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