bitlad's comments

On: 2026: The year of Not-invented-here syndrome

[bitlad]

I will write a follow up on this. As you can see it is not AI Generated, was not able to sleep therefore I wrote this. I literally fell asleep at the end.

On: India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app

[bitlad]

Too bad, 90% traffic they will monitor would be porn.

On: Taco Bell AI Drive-Thru

[bitlad]

I guess the company it is a Voice AI company went from 0-10M ARR in weeks and boasted about it in linkedin.

On: What's working for YC companies since the AI boom

[bitlad]

Does YC have favorites in each batch? thats how the blog comes across.

[threeseed → bitlad]

Yes. The top performers in each batch have offers before demo day and some won't even present.

There is a secret funnel from YC to a select group of top tier VCs.

On: Buttplug MCP

[bitlad]

I am going to let claude control the buttplug. Thats what she said before sh*t hit the fan. Literally.

On: European Investment Bank to inject €70B in European tech

[bitlad]

Given that all startups work 32 hours per week.

Thats alot of money to spend.

On: Googler... ex-Googler

[bitlad]

No one complains when paid 500k+

Only when laid off.

On: Googler... ex-Googler

[bitlad]

No one complains when TComp just 500k+

Only when laid off.

On: Ask HN: Has anyone quit their startup (VC-backed) over cofounder disagreements?

[bitlad]

I would recommend getting your board involved. They can help you navigate this better.

On: Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI

[bitlad]

Sounds like all the interviews I do in india.

[esafak → bitlad]

I've seen it more with candidates in Asia. And they claim to be based in the US :) A few even used digital face transplants, stuck in the uncanny valley, to hide it. I imagine it will be hard to tell in a few years.

[squiffsquiff → esafak]

I'm sure that we'll still be able to spot candidates doing the needful, and kindly reverting the same

[whatamidoingyo → esafak]

... you do realize that India is in Asia, right?

[esafak → whatamidoingyo]

Yes. I did not mean India, so I chose a broader label.

[tandr → bitlad]

Would you be kind and share some examples?