u/Shubham_lu

Tried everything to learn chess and bounced off all of it. Long puzzle sessions, opening videos, My System, Logical Chess. Brain checks out within minutes every single time. What's weirdly working is airlearn's chess format. 3 min sessions, streaks, rating ticks up, next lesson pops up before I lose interest. Same reason duolingo works on adhd brains, the dopamine loop is just tight enough.

Went 600 → 1050 rapid in 5 weeks which shocked me bc I usually quit hobbies by week 3.

Is this just me dressing up dopamine hits as "learning" or have other adhd ppl had the same thing where the short format actually built real skill?

Andd books for sure are not for my brain.

I am studying at Tetr so spends are little too much and also in different countries. I have a shared hdfc regalia with my parents, but the charges are way too much. As im back in india i can change my credit card again, what are some good options?

real question: is there any indian credit card that doesn't bleed you on forex markup, or is the play to just accept the markup and stack a niyo global on top for international spends?

if anyone's actually done magnus + forex card combo and run the math. is it worth the annual fee. ppl with multi-country spending, what are you using?

I am looking at this for q2 and i'm stuck. firebase doesn't ship native passkey support and migrating off it just for one auth method feels insane. three options i've seen so far:

1/ federate passkeys in via an external OIDC provider (descope, stytch, auth0 all seem to do this)

2/ BYO custom auth tokens via identity platform + a frontend webauthn library

wait for firebase to ship it natively (lol)

also, is anyone just disabling email/password entirely once a passkey is enrolled?

I am looking at this for q2 and i'm stuck. firebase doesn't ship native passkey support and migrating off it just for one auth method feels insane. three options i've seen so far:

1/ federate passkeys in via an external OIDC provider (descope, stytch, auth0 all seem to do this)

2/ BYO custom auth tokens via identity platform + a frontend webauthn library

wait for firebase to ship it natively (lol)

also, is anyone just disabling email/password entirely once a passkey is enrolled?

You know those ultra-thin detergent sheets that look like someone reinvented paper?

I finally tried them because carrying giant liquid detergent bottles in my apartment is genuinely annoying. Expected:

1/ clothes smelling weird

2/ stains staying

3/ “eco” disappointment

But after a few wash cycles… okay fine. they actually work. Still feels fake somehow though.

I think at this point my bloodstream is 40% caffeine and poor financial decisions.

I’m a student founder at Tetr (at home for the summer), so the current daily schedule was basically building stuff, random client calls, late night idea spirals, pretending sleep is optional, etc. And somehow White Monster became the unofficial operating system.

What scares me is I’ve stopped buying it for “energy” and now buy it because my brain associates the can opening sound with productivity 💀

What is your story with Monster Drink?

I think at this point my bloodstream is 40% caffeine and poor financial decisions.

I’m a student founder at Tetr (at home for the summer), so the current daily schedule was basically building stuff, random client calls, late night idea spirals, pretending sleep is optional, etc. And somehow White Monster became the unofficial operating system.

What scares me is I’ve stopped buying it for “energy” and now buy it because my brain associates the can opening sound with productivity 💀

What is your story with Monster Drink?

I thought we were finally closing our first proper enterprise deal then they asked:

“do you support SSO + SCIM?” we don’t 😭

now im realizing enterprise auth is basically its own product category, auth0 gates it

everyone says “just use workos”, opensource people say “self host it bro”. And im just sitting here wondering what SaaS teams are actually doing in 2026. did you build it? pay for it? lose deals because of it?

I thought we were finally closing our first proper enterprise deal then they asked:

“do you support SSO + SCIM?” we don’t 😭

now im realizing enterprise auth is basically its own product category, auth0 gates it

everyone says “just use workos”, opensource people say “self host it bro”. And im just sitting here wondering what SaaS teams are actually doing in 2026. did you build it? pay for it? lose deals because of it?

Picked up Psycho-Cybernetics recently and honestly didn't expect much. But one idea stuck with me: Your brain just follows the self-image you feed it.

I am a founder doing my college at Tetr and it made me rethink:

1/ why I hesitate on certain decisions

2/ why I sometimes default to playing small

3/ and how much of that is just... conditioning

I've read a bunch of "business" books, but this felt more foundational than tactical.

Curious, what's a book that actually changed how you think?

Picked up Psycho-Cybernetics recently and honestly didn't expect much. But one idea stuck with me: Your brain just follows the self-image you feed it.

As a student founder, it made me rethink:

1/ why I hesitate on certain decisions

2/ why I sometimes default to playing small

3/ and how much of that is just... conditioning

I've read a bunch of "business" books, but this felt more foundational than tactical.

Curious, what's a book that actually changed how you think?

I’m currently juggling bw a full-time college at tetr business school (classes, assignments, random sessions that eat time) and and trying to build a services startup with a friend

On paper, I’m “working” almost the whole day.

But in reality:

1/ I keep context switching every 30–60 mins

2/ important work gets pushed to “later”

3/ I end the day feeling exhausted… but not satisfied

It feels like I have zero clarity on where my time is actually going. I’ve tried a few basic productivity tools, but they either: feel too rigid or I just stop using them after a few days

I’m not just looking for “use X app” answers. If you’ve actually managed college + building something on the side, what actually worked for you long-term?

I’m currently juggling bw a full-time college at tetr business school (classes, assignments, random sessions that eat time) and and trying to build a services startup with a friend

On paper, I’m “working” almost the whole day.

But in reality:

1/ I keep context switching every 30–60 mins

2/ important work gets pushed to “later”

3/ I end the day feeling exhausted… but not satisfied

It feels like I have zero clarity on where my time is actually going. I’ve tried a few basic productivity tools, but they either: feel too rigid or I just stop using them after a few days

I’m not just looking for “use X app” answers. If you’ve actually managed college + building something on the side, what actually worked for you long-term?

did about 30 sessions across 5 tools last month. quick verdict:

1/ yoodli - best for filler word + pacing analysis. weak on questions.

2/ careerflow - best role-specific question bank + smart follow-ups.

3/ interviewing io - free peer mocks for SWE. real humans. limited availability.

4/ pramp - free peer mocks broader. mid quality.

5/ final round AI - overpriced. real-time AI overlay is gimmicky.

Any more to add here?