Typeform, Jotform all charge a monthly fee to collect form submissions. WordPress contact form plugins (WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms) are free but have terrible UI. Form submissions data is stuck inside WordPress database. Neither is a great option for your small business. So I built an alternative using Google Apps Script. Copy &…
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Save Slack and Whatsapp Conversations into Hermes + Gbrain Longterm Memory
You converse with your Hermes Agent via Whatsapp & Slack. Here’s how you can save them into longterm memory in Hermes + GBrain. Resources: This is an article in the series Hermes + Gbrain. You can find earlier posts here: Hermes is session-based. Every conversation starts fresh. GBrain gives it long-term memory, but only if…
Hermes + Notion + GBrain: A Complete Setup Guide
This post is a continuation in a series detailing how to build the best personal AI assistant, using Hermes, GBrain and now Notion. First install & setup Hermes and then install & configure GBrain. Usecase: Why do we need Hermes + Notion + Gbrain? Since the demise of Evernote, I moved my entire digital work…
Hermes + GBrain: A Complete Setup Guide
How I set up a self-improving, always-on personal knowledge base that ingests my blog articles, X activity (posts, articles, likes), news articles from the web, research reports and documents; all without paying $200/mo for X API or $8/mo for ngrok. What Is GBrain? GBrain is an open-source personal knowledge brain built by Garry Tan (President…
Hermes AI Agent on AWS EC2
A practical guide to running Hermes as an always-on service on AWS EC2 Ubuntu, with the architecture, setup sequence, and failure modes that matter most.
Hermes AI Agent Setup on AWS VPS
Background: I gave up after 2-weeks, trying to set up OpenClaw on AWS VPS. I switched to Hermes AI Agent (from NousResearch). Its a personal AI assistant that works across WhatsApp, Slack & email etc. The promise is compelling: one agent that understands natural language, connects to your tools, and automates repetitive work. The reality…
Size Is Not a Moat
In a marketplace, size is not moat. There are 3 phases that every marketplace goes through. Before Allee threshold, Cross Escape Velocity and Above Escape velocity.
Good Product Managers Make Good Leaders
Great product managers don’t just execute—they inspire, influence, and drive meaningful outcomes with limited resources. The very skills that make a product manager successful are also great leadership skills.
Disruptive innovation curve of AI
What is disruptive innovation curve? In 1995, Harvard Business School professor late. Clayton Christensen proposed the theory of Disruptive innovation as a process where a product or service typically exhibits below behaviour: What did the Disruptive Innovation Curve look like during the PC era? Phase PC Performance Customer Needs Incumbents Focus Early 1970s – 1980s…
Zoom-in and Zoom-out
Imagine your goal is to navigate out of the forest but all you can see is dense trees. In such a case, it is hard to find your way out. But instead, if you zoom out to get a bird’s eye view, you can figure out a roadmap. That’s product management.









