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Contact form Google sheets

WordPress contact-form using Google Sheets (FREE)

Posted on May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Sudhir Mantena

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

Posted on May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 by Sudhir Mantena

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…

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Hermes Notion Gbrain

Hermes + Notion + GBrain: A Complete Setup Guide

Posted on May 8, 2026May 15, 2026 by Sudhir Mantena

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…

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Hermes GBrain

Hermes + GBrain: A Complete Setup Guide

Posted on May 6, 2026May 15, 2026 by Sudhir Mantena

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…

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Hermes AI Agent on AWS EC2

Hermes AI Agent on AWS EC2

Posted on May 3, 2026May 3, 2026 by Sudhir Mantena

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.

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Hermes AI Agent Setup on AWS VPS

Posted on April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 by Sudhir Mantena

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…

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Size Is Not a Moat

Posted on April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 by Sudhir Mantena

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.

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Product Manager

Good Product Managers Make Good Leaders

Posted on March 2, 2025March 2, 2025 by Sudhir Mantena

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.

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AI disruption curve

Disruptive innovation curve of AI

Posted on January 19, 2025January 19, 2025 by Sudhir Mantena

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…

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Product manager zoom out

Zoom-in and Zoom-out

Posted on May 15, 2024May 18, 2024 by Sudhir Mantena

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.

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  • Contact form Google sheets
    WordPress contact-form using Google Sheets (FREE)
    Typeform, Jotform all charge a monthly fee to collect form...
  • Hermes-Gbrain-Slack-Whatsapp
    Save Slack and Whatsapp Conversations into Hermes + Gbrain Longterm Memory
    You converse with your Hermes Agent via Whatsapp & Slack....
  • Hermes Notion Gbrain
    Hermes + Notion + GBrain: A Complete Setup Guide
    This post is a continuation in a series detailing how...
  • Hermes GBrain
    Hermes + GBrain: A Complete Setup Guide
    How I set up a self-improving, always-on personal knowledge base...
  • Hermes AI Agent on AWS EC2
    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
    Hermes AI Agent Setup on AWS VPS
    Background: I gave up after 2-weeks, trying to set up...
  • 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.
  • Product Manager
    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.
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