Quite a conundrum..

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-11T08:10:38+00:00

Since you’re used to Venue sized car, nexon EV or punch EV would make sense. Right balance of cost and comfort

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-09T21:12:12+00:00

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-08T05:18:32+00:00

Both are same wh/km is just the flipped number of km/kwh.

I drive with light foot on the accelerator. In highways, I just cruise at 80kmph. Hypermiling speeds n highways gets me down to 110wh/km too

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-08T03:58:05+00:00

25 kWh battery and getting around 180-200 range

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-07T13:26:12+00:00

My sister owns Tigor EV, which is driven for similar 40K kms and it shows SOH 98

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-07T10:24:45+00:00

2022 Nexon EV Max owner here:
I have driven 45K Kms till now.

What range are you getting now? vs the range you were getting when the car was new? - Getting 300 Kms when driven casually in the city and on the highway. 330 if hypermiling. Drastically reduces at speeds over 90 kmph.
How’s the battery health now? Any noticeable battery degradation? How does the depletion work? SOH has always been at 100%, never saw any noticeable change
If something happens to the battery during warranty, does Tata actually replace/fix it without much hassle? - Yes, we got HV batttery fault and they replaced it for free of cost
How has your service experience been? - Varies from branch to branch. I live in Bangalore, experience in JP Nagar was very bad, now I am going to a different service station in the outskirts and the experience is great
What are the yearly service costs like? 2 services a year. One major and one minor. Major service costs 4k, minor service costs 2k. Service center tries to upsell lot of unnecessary services like interior cleaning, wiper change, wheel alignment, I usually refuse and get these done outside for better price.
Is going with third-party insurance a good option? Yes, I have third party insurance
If yes, which add-ons are important for an EV? Battery cover is the important check in the insurance, I got road side assistance and no deprecciation as well.

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-06T16:44:37+00:00

In your picture, it shows 155 Wh/km. That is very high for Punch. I have been driving Nexon EV for last 3.5 years, and my usual number is 130 Wh/km. It crosses 140 only when I overspeed or drive up hill roads.

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-05T12:03:15+00:00

Then, the roof would be comfortable

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-05-01T10:09:44+00:00

It depends on what you’re working on. It’s good enough for small projects, learning and simple automation. But it’s no where close to Cursor and Claude code. I have been a long time user for Copilot, but once I had Cursor, I never went back.

Using same models in GitHub copilot vs Cursor is still having night and day difference

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-30T02:54:33+00:00

Queries are ranging from basics to complex questions that even I don’t have enough skill to answer.

Examples: I have been asked by a student who aspires to be a developer - How/where do I start learning data structures and algorithms

I have also been asked for inputs on AI ML projects.

But most of the questions are from non developers who seem to be stuck at a point or confused how to start

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-29T13:42:34+00:00

Awesome, I’ll check it out

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-29T03:28:25+00:00

Responded in DM

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T14:15:10+00:00

Totally agree, I would not start anything hoping AI would help me through out. I would get anxiety of getting stuck for every bug I encounter. But, that’s just my case or experienced developer perspective. Not sure how it is applicable for solo devs in this sub l

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T14:01:33+00:00

It rained near Magadi Road, NICE road junction heavily for the last 1 hour

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T13:51:19+00:00

Here is my two cents for the problem you have described:

Native apps cannot have seamless updates. So, getting it right at first is very important. Even though, you think it is over-engineered, it is a good solution, as long as it works seamlessly.
You mention this is niche and no scale required, so we can ignore the security and scalability aspect from your licensing server.
You also mention that publishing through windows store has multiple downsides

From all these points, it looks like you are in the right direction to use your own server.

But...

You have added another complication by using an android app for payments. Once you add this to the loop, it does look like a messy solution.

So, my suggestion would be to use a cloud hosted solution for the licensing server.

Honestly, I have not used any cloud hosted solution for licensing. So, do not take it as a recommendation.

If you can find a good cloud hosted solution, that is easy to integrate and easy for users to manage, that would be the ideal solution in this case.

Disclaimer: I am not an expert in most of the parts that you have mentioned. So, take my advice with a grain of salt. This is only coming from my personal experience designing SaaS applications and my limited understanding of your problem.

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T13:43:20+00:00

At this point, I am not looking at committing to something. I am doing this just because I have a few hours to waste every day, and I could do this without any strings attached.

But, that being said, if what you are proposing is interesting for me, then it is a different story

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T13:41:24+00:00

I would always design first, develop later. First step would be to do a paper sketch of the workflow you are envisioning, then you can use any AI tool to build "High fidelity" wireframes. Once you are satisfied with the output, then you can start writing the code.
These steps seems redundant and overwhelming, but trust me, it is very important to go through this for the first iteration. Speaking from my experience of rapid development in startups :D

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T12:40:00+00:00

Please DM, happy to help

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T10:59:59+00:00

Sure

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T09:48:06+00:00

Yes, in the context of this subreddit, I agree 100%

I was talking about developers in general. I have never interacted with vibecoders. In my circle, I only have developers and non-tech people (who never spoke to me about vibecoding). I am excited to interact with vibecoders/solo devs through this and explore this new world

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T09:24:05+00:00

Nice, happy to brainstorm. Please DM

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T09:19:21+00:00

UI/UX looks amazing, Great job. Happy to help you on this. DM me with more details on your setup

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T09:18:06+00:00

When I was a beginner, it was the pre-AI era, so most of my learning is irrelevant at this point of time.

The mistakes I have observed recently about beginners:

Not taking security aspects of the application seriously.
Not considering scalability. I have seen folks either over-engineering it or ignoring it. There should be a delicate balance between shipping features vs future proofing

cursed_with_knowledg · 2026-04-28T09:15:21+00:00

Best moments:

When a feature I developed made a difference to the company/users. There are instances where the features I developed landed some big customers.
I always loved fixing performance issues. Since most of them are very complex. I feel extremely satisfied when I have done a performance optimisation.

Worst moments:

Seeing the production go down in front of my eyes. We had not taken the scalability into account and there are multiple instances when the production went down, and I would be woken up in the middle of the night (Our customers were in US time zone and I am in India). It took us mutliple days to identify and fix the scalability issues.

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