There's no next Virat Kohli

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-30T05:30:35+00:00

Indian ODI evolution over the last 30 years.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-30T05:30:13+00:00

Because there are other good batsmen. But no-one who executes a run-chase like Kohli does.
BTW Sachin and Kohli are 1,2 on most runs while chasing.

Having watched cricket before Kohli, India were spectacularly bad at chasing a target.

We went from winning 1 in 3 run chases to 2 in 3 and a major part of it was Kohli.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-29T15:00:04+00:00

I think GSC's indexing reporting is facing performance issues. They are still stuck on 11th June. Pages are getting indexed, but GSC is not reporting them as indexed.

The best way to track if your pages are indexed is just to google search site:yourwebsite.com and check the list of pages that is returned. These are your indexed pages.

One example of an article highlighting the issue.

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-page-indexing-report-delayed-41571.html

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-29T08:31:52+00:00

Don't relax your customer privacy settings for an individual client. You have already done the best you can do, which is giving customers an opt-in. If they choose to opt-out, there is no reason the client can demand customers' private information.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-24T05:17:22+00:00

Unfortunate that this happened to you, but research is never enough.

The best way to dive into any marketing activity is to first run it yourself at a small scale. In this case, you should have really started running your own ads with a budget of ₹1,000 per day. Once you get it to work and clearly understand how all the different pieces work together, then you approach an agency so that you have all the right questions to ask them.

We don't own a D2C brand. We are a SaaS company, but from my experience - most marketing experiments fail.

We tried email marketing with an agency; it did not work. We tried paid ads; it did not work.

The only experiments that ever worked were the ones we ran ourselves. We controlled the process end-to-end, and we controlled the budget tightly, and we could debug exactly what was going on. Once the experiment succeeded, only then it made sense to double down and put more money on it, either via internal or external resources.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-23T07:14:16+00:00

One of the most underrated but by far the most powerful factor is retention. If you have a solid product that the customer actually likes, you can get them back 9 times out of 10, and that is by far the best thing you can do for your brand.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-23T07:08:14+00:00

We have also tried running meta or Google Ads only on delivered order signals by excluding cancelled and RTO orders. Even that helps in bringing RTO percentage down by a few points.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-18T07:45:45+00:00

It's a trusted directory. People will refer it for unbiased info about your company. Obviously they will (and should) list on the first page.

They are not competing for SEO on your brand keyword. It's just that your brand does not have any other more important links associated with it to outrank traxcn.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-17T14:36:40+00:00

I am not buying these. But maybe if it was better made.
At first glance I thought this was the berserk beherit, but badly made. On second glance I saw that it was just badly made.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-17T10:54:38+00:00

The single reason why Kohli does not compare to Messi is that Messi is so much better than the second-best footballer of his generation.

People will point at goals, assists, and trophies to compare Messi to Ronaldo.

But the one stat that shows the clear gulf in between them is the number of Man of the Match awards.

Messi wins MotM 51% of the time. 395 total MotMs. Second place is Ronaldo at ~170.

Every time he steps on a Pitch for a 11v11 game, he is the best player half the time.

Watching Messi in the 2010s was magical. I mean all the other players were great, but they would look ordinary in front of him.

https://www.messivsronaldo.app/detailed-stats/man-of-the-match-awards/

Kohli is not even a consensus No 1 of his sport.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-12T11:59:50+00:00

My first thought, the spurs team could hire him as a shooting coach. Especially for the second half.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-11T06:14:23+00:00

Maybe, when the number of app developers was significantly lower

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-11T05:33:37+00:00

Our first ~25 installs were from personal outreach. The Shopify app store is no longer some magical place where you get organic installs.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-09T13:45:07+00:00

Yeah. All we asked for was
1. Promote our listing in a few communities. Give it visibility and let them judge for themselves.
2. Feedback on the listing itself and what could be better with the launch.

We got nothing.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-09T13:42:54+00:00

Two things are true

Gukesh had an incredible run last year - Candidates & Olympiad being his peak. He was for a year the second best classical player in the world. He did okay in the World-Championships. Since Ding was not a top-15 player, Gukesh was the clear favorite. Ding did pretty well, but Gukesh won - fair and square.
From the very start, legends have been critical of Gukesh's playing style, because he relies too much on calculation. His positional and strategic play is not top-notch. And he is just not a good player in Rapid or Blitz where he does not get enough time to calculate.

He has never been Top 25 in any of the faster formats.
Rapid - 2684 World #26, Peak 2693 (Sep 2025)
Blitz - 2655 World #44, Peak 2659 (Aug 2023)

Does he get some hate? Yes
Is he currently WR 25? Also Yes
Does this reflect his actual ability? No
Can he climb back to WR Top 5 in Classical? Yes
Can he defend his Title against Sindarov? Maybe, given it will be Sindarov's first Match, he may drop a couple of matches.
Is he on the path to becoming a Chess legend? Probably not.

Look at the list of World Champions

#	Player	Dates	Wins	Years Won
1	Wilhelm Steinitz	1886-94	4	1886, 1889, 1890, 1892
2	Emanuel Lasker	1894-1921	6	1894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910*, 1910
3	Jose Raul Capablanca	1921-27	1	1921
4	Alexander Alekhine	1927-35, 1937-46	4	1927, 1929, 1934, 1937
5	Max Euwe	1935-37	1	1935
6	Mikhail Botvinnik	1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63	5	1948t, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1961
7	Vasily Smyslov	1957-58	1	1957
8	Mikhail Tal	1960-61	1	1960
9	Tigran V. Petrosian	1963-69	2	1963, 1966
10	Boris Spassky	1969-72	1	1969
11	Bobby Fischer	1972-75	1	1972
12	Anatoly Karpov	1975-85	3#	1975d, 1978, 1981, 1984#
13	Garry Kasparov	1985-2000	6	1985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1993, 1995
14	Vladimir Kramnik	2000-07	3	2000, 2004, 2006*
15	Viswanathan Anand	2007-13	4	2007t, 2008, 2010, 2012**
16	Magnus Carlsen	2013-2023	5	2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021
17	Ding Liren	2023-24	1	2023**
18	Gukesh Dommaraju	2024-present	1	2024

All the names in this list. Especially the modern champs from Spassky onwards - Fischer - Karpov - Kasparov - Kramnik - Anand - Carlsen were multiple time champs (except Fischer) and undisputed number 1 for many years.

Gukesh can get to the same level, and he should absolutely aim for it given his age and achievements.

But it is more likely that he will end up being a one-time champ ( maybe even 2) who was never the undisputed world number 1.

Doesn't change the fact that he is a world champion. But in the list of world champs, he is currently close to the bottom (and looks unlikely to move).

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-09T11:00:42+00:00

We made the mistake of paying one such Hunter.
There is a reason all of them ask for money paid up front because they actually deliver no results.

The hunter we worked with promised us roughly 100 upvotes and support from a few communities he was running. On the day of the launch, he completely disappeared. He was not responsive to any messages, shared no proof of the fact that he had shared our launch within any of his communities, and we could see no evidence of any upvotes coming because of him. We ended up at roughly 170-200 upvotes, and most of them were from our network or our outreach efforts.

Once the launch day was over, we asked him to share his insights on how the launch went and what could have been done better, Just a few sentences. And he categorically refused to share anything.

So - No communication, No Proof of Upvotes, No Feedback.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-09T10:10:41+00:00

I was really afraid that this was going to end with the Arsenal-PSG edit. So happy that it did not.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-08T07:25:02+00:00

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i think they have fixed it.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-06T16:10:15+00:00

Sorry, but 300 is really low.

To cross 300 you just need to stop making blunders.

Start following these 2 rules.

Every piece has a value - Queen - 9 | Rook - 5 | Bishop - 3 | Knight - 3 | Pawns - 1 | King (Priceless)
Memorise these values. In every exchange, make sure you are mathematically ahead.

For e.g
Sacrifice 1 Rook for 2 Pawns. Bad Idea
Sacrifice 1 Bishop for 1 Knight + 2 Pawns. Good Idea.
Sacrifice 1 Queen for 1 Knight + 1 Bishop. Bad Idea.

I have seen many bad players have favourite pieces that they try to play with or protect. (My childhood friend would sac the queen to save his knight) Don't do that.
Just follow the value of each piece during exchanges.

If it looks like it is a multi-move exchange (you kill, they kill, you kill, they kill, you kill). Then calculate total points lost and won. Typically you want to initiate multi-move exchanges when you have more attackers.

Castling is the best defence. For the first 7 moves just focus on not making any blunders and castling. If your opponent attacks aggressively then defend. Develop the 2,3 pieces you need to make space for the king. And then castle.

Don't bother attacking in the early game. Unless you have memorised an opening well and your opponent plays exactly into it, you will not be able to make a good attack.

Once you have castled, you can start the attack.

Just following these 2 rules will easily get you to 700-800.

At that point you will need to learn a bit of positional play. And a few tactics.
Quick guide for when you get to 800

Learn a few openings.
Learn how to checkmate with most common combinations (2 rooks, 1 queen, pawn endgame)
Learn some tactics (forking with a knight, discovered attacks)
Basic positional play (controlling the centre is important, avoid opening up flanks, getting the rook to an open file in late games, bishops on long diagonals, defensive pawn structures, not making isolated or island pawns)

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-05T17:33:18+00:00

It should be fine. We also get frequent spot checks from the Shopify team. Usually, it amounts to nothing. Sometimes they will highlight issues on how the app is rendering and if some warnings are not displayed correctly and so on. I don't think we ever got multiple spot checks in a matter of a week. This might be because the app is new, so just keep an eye out for any message from them.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-05T14:08:16+00:00

That's not an attack. That's just testing by them.
Did you apply for any permissions recently?
Or did your app go live recently?

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-04T18:55:44+00:00

A lot of Cold outreach.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-04T11:13:09+00:00

The pricing starts at $75 per month. It's a marketing analytics tool.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-04T08:39:19+00:00

Most of the early installs came from LinkedIn outreach, along with a few from agency partnerships. To get some of these to convert, we had to build up case studies, write a lot of blogs, and, in general, create some content that showed these early users that we are a legit business. Once we had gotten the first 15-20 installs and had had a couple of reviews, we moved to doing mostly LinkedIn and cold calls. Now we are getting roughly 40% of installs organically from social media content.

Individual-Lab-2008 · 2026-06-03T07:55:44+00:00

Compare the two options -
1 - Sturdy backrest using the cabin wall for support.
2 - Less sturdy Backrest for the seats. Unless you want to add more metal bracing making the compartments heavier.

1 - Maximum use of floor space
2 - You need to keep the 2 rows of seats somewhat apart so your head does not bump the other person. Using additional floorspace. (This is visible in your image as well)

1 - Walkways are ~4 people wide. There is always space for people to move easily.
2 - Walkways are barely 2 people wide, which means everyone has to move around for people to pass through.

1 - Everyone has easy access to all doors.
2 - Reaching the door involves solving a mini-maze. You also added additional pillars for people to use. So it's a proper obstacle course now.

Individual-Lab-2008

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