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Nirav Patel
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Nirav Patel
@cmonkey
Founder (and usually tweeting) at @FrameworkPuter
San Francisco, CA
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Oct 15, 2022
    Standing offer: If you’re building consumer hardware and want advice on anything (business strategy, building a team, finding suppliers, go to market, design/architecture decisions, fundraising, etc), send me a DM and I am happy to have a call with you.
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Oct 10, 2025
    To avoid disappointing anyone later who wants to ascribe beliefs to me, I am pro-immigrant and pro-LGBTQ. I’m also pro open source and have committed myself to guiding people out of closed ecosystems into open ones. This is not posted under duress, but under a realization that
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Jan 12, 2024
    You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Sep 9, 2025
    Replying to @dhh and @FrameworkPuter
    Personally committed to making sure Omarchy works well out of the box on our products!
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Sep 25, 2025
    Also in hiring news, we just opened a role to replace me… as Head of Hardware so that I can focus on being CEO. We have an absolutely killer 20+ person hardware team, and I am looking for the leader who can bring the group to the next level.
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    May 8, 2025
    My dream: walking into a coffee shop in SF and hearing people talk about consumer hardware instead of AI
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Oct 10, 2025
    Replying to @IncolaLimitum
    I’m not going to call anyone a lunatic, whether they are for or against Omarchy.
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Oct 30, 2024
    This is… insane. Incredible work @modretro team!
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Jan 12, 2024
    Replying to @seodiscoverer
    I guess I should have told him to stick to tractors.
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Mar 25, 2025
    2025 will be the year of the Linux desktop. Not because Linux distros are getting better (though they are), but because with every release, Windows is getting worse.
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Oct 10, 2025
    Replying to @lyzantine
    Now this is the kind of purity test I can appreciate!
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Mar 18, 2025
    Awesome checkout experience. Great work @ericmigi! Great way to "pick the right customers"
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    Pebble
    @Pebble
    Mar 18, 2025
    It's our pleasure to introduce two new watches that closely follow the original Pebble DNA. Both are available for pre-order starting today. - Core 2 Duo: black/white display, $149, ships in July - Core Time 2: 64 colour display, $225, ships in Dec
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Feb 6, 2024
    Replying to @nabeelqu
    Hypothesis: a big part of it is internal migration. There are multiple large and growing jobs centers across the country, and have been for all of America's existence. It's easier to assimilate if the people around you are also often new to where you are.
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    Nirav Patel
    @cmonkey
    Sep 18, 2023
    Replying to @FrameworkPuter and @NowSustain
    Why is the image just my giant face.
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