npmn

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Comment · 3 months ago
Lovely example - Thank you for sharing this.
Comment · 3 months ago
I am only blocking their .git server - rest of the services will remain functionable depending on how you would block the server
Comment · 3 months ago
sure enough - feedback well received. My intention was to share what I found with the community, I did not think so far ahead. Apologies brother. I will restore the original version and remove the edits AI made.
Comment · 3 months ago
yes - I used claude to reason about the jsonml file -redact personal information and also to write big chunks of this - I mean if you aren't using a coding agent - you are a dinosaur anyways.
Comment · 3 months ago
I still have the chat log jsonl file - I didn't think of adding it - Here is the plan - The best concept is “First Light”: Bhanu as the sun, with hope represented by light gradually emerging from darkness.

### Recommended art direction

Use a cinematic eclipse rather than a bright solar-system illustration:

- A huge sun sits in the upper-right background. - A dark planet obscures roughly 70% of it, leaving a warm amber corona. - Three or four smaller planets appear at the page edges at different depths. - Sparse stars, atmospheric dust, and very slow orbital movement add dimension. - As the visitor scrolls, the eclipsing planet drifts slightly and reveals more light—hope becoming visible without turning the page bright. - The scene should feel sophisticated and architectural, not like a space game.

The overall visual balance should remain approximately:

- 85% near-black and charcoal - 10% muted mocha/copper - 5% warm sunlight

### Hero direction

Remove the current boxed particle-grid demo. It communicates “generic technology” and separates the visual from the page.

Instead, make the solar scene fill the entire hero background, with the copy floating directly above it on the left.

Suggested copy:

> Independent product house > > *Building useful software for a brighter future.* > > Bhanu means sun. We build open-source and commercial products that turn difficult problems into useful, dependable tools.

Keep the existing CTAs:

- Explore the products - View the source

The “Bhanu means sun” sentence makes the visual meaningful instead of merely decorative.

### Page progression

1. *Hero — First light* Mostly eclipsed sun, clear positioning, restrained animation.

2. *Products — Worlds in orbit* Product cards remain readable, but each can receive a subtle planet marker, orbital line, or individual accent color. Avoid making every product literally a planet.

3. *Principles — What guides the work* Keep the three principles, using faint rays or illuminated borders rather than generic glass effects.

4. *Mission — Toward the light* The final mission panel can resemble a dawn horizon, with slightly more warmth than the hero. This completes the hope narrative.

5. *Footer — Return to darkness* Quiet, minimal, near-black.

### 3D implementation plan

I recommend a real-time, code-native 3D scene rather than a large video:

- Build a fullscreen `SolarScene` using Three.js with React Three Fiber. - Use simple procedural materials—no heavy texture downloads. - Fake most of the solar glow with layered gradients or sprites rather than expensive post-processing bloom. - Add very gentle pointer parallax and scroll-based camera movement. - Keep the scene behind all content with `pointer-events: none`. - Give mobile a simplified scene with fewer objects. - Provide a CSS radial-gradient fallback while WebGL loads or when it is unavailable. - Respect `prefers-reduced-motion` by rendering a static composition. - Cap pixel density and pause rendering when the tab is hidden.

### Important restraint

I would avoid:

- Bright yellow covering large portions of the screen - Fast planet orbits - Dense star fields - Lens flares - A scientifically accurate solar system - Putting moving objects behind body text - Turning every section into a different space effect

The homepage still needs to say “serious independent product house” first. The space scene supplies identity, emotion, and memory.

No files have been changed yet. My recommendation is to proceed with the eclipse-to-dawn direction and prototype the hero first before extending the scene through the rest of the homepage.

Comment · 3 months ago
I know the difference between AI reading selected part of the code to get the context and a git sync. Thank You for looking out/down for/on me.
Comment · 3 months ago
Agreed - it felt like codex was pushing to my git repo - I said yes, then quickly realised what was already done .
Comment · 5 years ago
It is the default response of the NDA government specifically, the last government on allegation of non-existent scam(proven in courts later), was open to all the proceedings which concluded after their government was out of office.

I really miss those day.

Comment · 5 years ago
Modi government is competent at marketing everything as his contribution, he is highly egoistic, doesn't accept any mistakes, or tries to push the blame to the Nehru Dynasty, Opposition etc. BJP IT Cell is one the most active proponent in pushing the image of Narendra Modi as the savior, whereas in reality, literally any leader who would have listened to experts instead of the election gurus, would have taken more sensible steps. Modi government is full of yes man, and due to his popularity, the BJP party has itself become smaller than Modi, as elections are won in the name of the Prime Minister instead of the actual leader.

The government is also known for buying elected people post elections using money or power(CBI,ED intimidation) and known for manipulative numbers (they even changed the definition of GDP to make the numbers more attractive).

Modi actually follows Trump modulus of operandi, where instead of calling his opposition/critical news reports as fake news, he more conveniently calls them anti-national or pro-pakistani or western influences.

Anyways this stupid notion of no national alternative was also propogated the BJP IT Cell and BJP owned Media Houses only. Sadly a lot of Indians, including the commenter above have actually bought into it. If you actually look at numbers, India was falling behind on almost everything(jobs, economy etc) even before covid started. Factually speaking, the worst term of UPA(2009-2014) was actually better than the modi government's first term in lot of matrices. Here is a one such study, you can find several others by googling - (please be aware of pro-BJP sources such as https://www.opindia.com, Republic TV etc) https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/manmohan-singh-vs-n...

Comment · 5 years ago
So English is like Javascript, both languages are spoken/written by the majority of its intended engineers, have ton of resources/books/materials and lastly both the languages are easy to start but difficult to master.
Comment · 5 years ago
Currently down due to hug of Death HN (Error 522 Ray ID: 6182f97eb9cb3bfb • 2021-01-27 13:56:00 UTC Connection timed out)
Comment · 6 years ago
Yes, one day out of nowhere, web.telegram.org stopped loading for me over jio, I didn't think much about it and switched on a VPN, which loaded the SPA. The SPA can now fetch messages after a manual retry over jio networks as well.
Comment · 6 years ago
Adobe doesn't even respect the windows start removal and starts background tasks even you disable it from startup menu.

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