I had a route around San Francisco that I would visit, and all the places on the route were where there were good blackberry bushes. I’d take a bucket. Around Golden Gate Park and the Inner Sunset mostly, heading down into the Forest Hills area as well. I did that for a few years. Would pick up some plums along the way as well.

Now on the other side of the Bay I have a couple spots, not as dense a network. About an hour away there are masses.

I want to hear more

Fast fashion forces you to dress for the masses. Loose shirts, baggy pants and shallow pockets is not fashion, its cost optimisation for brands.

I didn't want to dress up like a boy. Me and my friend were in Paris when we got inspired by the floor(fashion_sense). I was already working on my clothing, but that day we promised each other that we will not be underdressed anymore.

He opted for off-the-shelf formal clothing: high quality shirts, and pants. I went all in.

First I found markets that sell cheap fabrics, so I can experiment. I travel a lot, so my clothing had to be designed for all weathers. I'm Indian (Bharat), but look racially ambiguous, so I also wanted my clothing to reflect my roots and culture, yet be modern enough for any room in the world.

I run a company, and write code, so comfort was paramount. But I also had meetings or presentations so I wanted to be presentable.

Started with pants, because I thought pants are easy to optimise, and I just need a black, gray and dark blue one. Over 5 iterations, I reached a design with elastic straps on the side (because when I eat food, my tummy bloats a little and its uncomfortable to sit down), and loose on the thighs. Imagine pyjamas, that look like pants.

Then next step was to experiment with jackets and shirts. I played with fabric, patterns, and finish (zippers, titch buttons, different cuff lengths and styles, different collars).

My friends started noticing, and I also consulted some clients. Then I gave a talk about it. This is one of my skills that I discovered by first principles. The best part is that I met my girlfriend because she noticed my aesthetics, and she told me that she makes her own clothes too.

Alternatively, one can create bespoke patterns. There is a lovely little open source community of pattern designers at https://seamly.io I got myself a pattern drafting book and started working on shirts and pants. The neat thing is one can design the draft pieces to be completely parametric, so adapting the pattern to different persons is as simple as entering new measurements.

Was the talk recorded? I'd love to see it. No pressure if it isn't public.

No. I expected 5 people to show up, but there were almost 50.

I took care of the stage but couldn’t manage operations.

+1 also very interested

Put it on Etsy and see what others are willing to pay! :))

I do make clothes for close friends and family, but I don’t intend to make money of it. Playing this game for the game sake.

As someone who has monetized hobbies before, I think it's smart to keep doing things the way you are currently.

When you have to start optimising things for efficiency, it generally stops being relaxing and fun.

they are customized for his body. if he started catering to a mass audience he'd be creating the exact thing he is avoiding

Have you shared any photos online? Id love to see

https://shivekkhurana.com/about. 3/4 photos are my custom made clothes.

Incredible, thanks for sharing!

this is super cool, well done

That deciding between 1000 things is a lot of effort is so clear that I must wonder if the one you’re responding to was being ironic.

I know we're not really supposed to say stuff like this on HN, but: hells to the yeah

Right about the calcium lactate crystals, though wrong about lactic acid causing muscle pain; this has been debunked.

Apple software has gone so bad in the last decade or so. UI problems abound - the lack of default buttons that fire when you hit enter makes me ill. THIS USED TO BE IN THE APPLE USER INTERFACE GUIDELINES. Does anybody remember that big binder that was ultra-important for Mac developers? Well if anyone still has a copy they probably have it on a bookshelf where it looks nice on Zoom.

And then there's the bugs. What software is more consistently buggy than Apple software?

The one account I know that follows this account is @chasedownloads aka Chase Passive Income, which is a parody of a certain kind of entrepreneur, very much not real.

This is not real. No one associated with this account (or, probably, any account) has bought these nickels.

The picture isn't even his, I just searched "box of nickels" to see if it's standard to have such an unremarkable looking box and this ebay listing showed up with the same picture: https://www.ebay.com/itm/275972601184

Good for him I guess that he'll probably make a couple hundred bucks from twitter impressions. I regret spending any attention on this, flagged and blocked...

I feel like I must be telling everyone something they already know…please tell me I am

I saw this on Twitter and it sounds extremely fake. As for the replies, it's hard to tell if people are playing along or actually believe it.

One would like to see the word “modularity” somewhere here.

Last I checked, genetic programming wasn’t promising, and I’m a little surprised to see people paying attention to it here.

OTOH that was similar to what people were saying about hidden layers, so YMMV

For me the problem is mainly when trying to sleep, specifically, at Burning Man, where it can be very difficult. I used foam earplugs for years, but they leave something to be desired.

The AirPods Max…get them on my ears correctly, and I’m in a forest. It’s uncanny. It was the most profound alteration to my experience there in years.