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Thank you for doing this. A slight variation of this is a very common model in New Delhi in India. Builders contact Single family owners proactively to convert their residence into…

For seed stage startups ( Are you seeing a change in approval rates after the recent USCIS-ITServe settlement for startup H1Bs?

From first principles, as a manager at any level, your output is the collective sum of your team's output. You maximize your effectiveness by finding the right balance of things to…

Biggest use cases for me has been events and groups. 1. Events: Facebook's provides a streamlined experience for hosting events and all my friends use it for birthday parties, hous…

Use Facebook News Feed Eradicator ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat... ) and use it only on the desktop (no mobile app). You'll get the benefits of Fac…

No. Instead, I use Facebook News Feed Eradicator ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat... ) and use it only on the desktop (no mobile app). I get the benef…

Thanks. Taking a look.

You can DnD on the fly, but the goal is to have at least two 2h blocks booked before hand so you know there is protected time every day. You can always spend more focused time at y…

It doesn't, there seems to be a bug or some misunderstanding. Can you drop me an email at ishan.chhabra [at] gmail.com about where you are seeing this. I'll resolve immediately.

1. Do you keep the notifications on, or shut them off completely? 2. How do you create the discipline to only open / look at Slack every x hours to go through the unreads?

When a teammate tries to reach you during your vacation, they have an option to leave a message. When your vacation ends, you get a list of all messages that were left for you. Thi…

HN, we talk a lot about how Slack has ruined our productivity (eg. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18320968 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16301508 , etc.), but nobody…

The two highlights of your comment for me: 1. Morning time is easier to focus as one has more will power earlier in the day and reduced distraction from family/work. 2. Routine / c…

Being able to focus for extended periods is critical to doing great work. Are there any practical tips / habits that work for you to create pockets of focus time? Cal Newport's boo…

See related https://github.com/Unrepl/unrepl for some more context on how this would be useful.

I really like the idea around "ambient awareness". I'll look into it. Currently, I've built a slack bot for personal use that integrates with my calendar where I can create stretch…

> I have learned to be productive when I have a quiet space and can tinker on a problem without getting interrupted. Slack makes this very difficult. I have personally suffered fro…