Aasim Sani

Tab completion - because I definitely forget my branch names. Branches, worktree names, flags - all autocomplete. Powered by fzf

Post-create commands: run anything after worktree creation. npm install, claude, code . Set it once, forget it.

I'm impatient. Every git worktree tool made me type too much. gwt feature/new-thing → repo-new-thing/, created, cd'd in, configs copied, @claudeai started. github.com/aasimsani/gwt-…

@claudeai - I'm trying to use the delta diff tool with Claude Code. I don't want the hassle of an IDE - tried writing a PTY wrapper, then a pyte-based emulator, then a stream detector. Failed cuz Ink's TUI + @warpdotdev = garbled output (I think) - So I'm here lol @AnthropicAI

@andrew__rea 🫡

you should probably not work at a startup or be around startup CEOs if you don't want to get asked about why this isn't happening faster... always, until you die or the company achieves mega-scale. and even then, we're gonna want it to go faster. and it almost always can go faster.

@asmartbear Made me reflect on my first company, @OraiApp's growth limits - I always felt like moving on was a lost opportunity. Made a quick simulation using @AnthropicAI, and that made me realize it did reach a good chunk of its total potential. Cathartic :) claude.ai/public/artifac…

Deeper: longform.asmartbear.com/max-mrr/

Cancellation is nonlinear. When cancellation improves, "Max MRR" shoots up immediately while actual MRR lags behind - making it a leading indicator of long-term growth. You should be using “Max MRR” too so you can measure this effect:

Company I work for featured in @Forbes counter +1 Side note: Can attest @andrew__rea does indeed have a real job.

Excited to introduce the company I've been working on for the past ~18 months Taxwire.com. Taxwire solves sales tax compliance for founders, finance, and accounting teams scaling across multiples states and countries. Our customer base spans SaaS companies like @Pulley, e-comm brands like @TilitNYC & @Italic, retro video games makers like @modretro, modern media cos like @PirateWires, and many other modern and legacy industry businesses alike. We also partner with several accounting firms to solve sales tax for their clients and internal accounting + tax teams. We can handle both simple and deeply complex businesses. Our products and services help companies: 👇 - Understand tax exposure & nexus – in other words wtf you should be doing about sales tax - Fix messes – clean up messy tax situations (e.g. we went from 0 to $10M in revenue and have collected no taxes) and/or save money on historical tax liabilities (e.g. avoid getting wrecked by penalties from governments for historical taxes) - Register – get and maintain licenses, registrations, and permits required for collecting/remitting taxes - Calculate tax rates – collect taxes accurately across your billing + payments + commerce stack - File & pay tax returns – autofile recurring tax returns & payment remittance Common scenarios where Taxwire makes sense for scaling companies: 👇 - Companies getting sales tax compliant for the 1st time – e.g. you haven’t been collecting sales tax (even though you should) or you just started to cross meaningful revenue thresholds ($1-2M in revenue). - Switching from Insert Legacy Tax Provider – If you’re switching from another tax software / services company, not only can we make the switch easy (e.g. we do the migration heavy lifting + buyout your existing contract), but we can also find + fix previous tax errors, potentially recovering thousands of dollars in overpaid taxes. - I have no f*cking clue what I’m supposed to be doing. Pls help. – We got you. Have helped a bunch of folks figure out a no B.S. take on what they need to be doing with sales tax (if anything). A good example of scenarios 1 and 2 – we recently helped our friends at Italic recover over $200k in overpaid sales tax within their first month post switching from their original provider. --- Why sales tax compliance? Well, global transactions taxes (aka indirect taxes as the tax pros call it) are a much bigger problem space than most realize. Before the internet, sales tax was a Fortune 500 problem. Walmart has a sales presence in damn near every jurisdiction in the world. Post-internet, we have e-commerce, marketplaces, SaaS, remote work, AI, etc. Every company by default sells across multiple states and/or countries. Regulatory changes in the US and abroad have made collecting and remitting sales tax, VAT, and GST a problem for virtually any company with material sales in more than one tax jurisdiction, with or without a physical presence. Our goal is to solve indirect tax compliance globally - for every jurisdiction, product, tax filing, and edge case. From initial compliance all the way to defending audits from the gov. It's a big, complex problem space. We're just getting started and have much work to do. If you’ve dealt with or are dealing with sales tax compliance for your business or clients, I’d love to chat and see if we can be helpful. My personal phone number is 513-520-1578. My DMs are open. Or email me at andrew@taxwire. Happy Monday.🫡

How @andrew__rea dialed in on the KILLER IDEA for his startup Taxwire after some key advice from @jwmares.

Random non-work ask My girlfriend has been dealing with severe health issues for the past few months. She's been to multiple doctors, the ER, taken the drugs they give her, taken new drugs after those drugs don't work, etc. Nothing's working and we're concerned. Current doctors don't seem to have any new answers besides let's try a new pill. If anyone has any ideas on how to get in front of a doctor in NYC that's actually effective, please let me know. 🙏 I'll buy you dinner.

Come work with me and the team on an adventure of a lifetime!

New pod with @vxanand co-founder of @clayrunhq We talked about how Clay went from 3+ years of $0 revenue and no PMF to 2+ years of 10x growth and next-level PMF. Also covered a other topics including: - How Varun cold-emailed his way into a job on Hillary Clinton's campaign - His career in tech pre-Clay - Why B2B SaaS is boring but using Clay's product felt like Magic - Joining Clay 3 years into the companies journey as an advisor and eventually becoming a co-founder. - The initial customer vertical that led to Clay's early PMF. - Why focus is a super-power. - His views on commitment in life and career. and more... One of the best episodes we've recorded imo. Full vid below.

Announcing the Operators Only Podcast ​ An experiment I'm running with @ramshe1000 where we talk to startup operators who built iconic startups and/or are building the next breakout companies. ​ First episode is with @GoPreezy, the COO at @beehiiv. ​ - Preeya joined Beehiiv as employee #7 and @denk_tweets's chief of staff. - In case you live under a rock, Beehiiv's one of the fastest growing companies in tech right now. Impossible to be on Twitter and not hear about them. - She's played a big role in their success. - Excited for more folks to get to know her story and see some of the behind the scenes of how they're building Beehiiv. - We talked about her journey prior to Beehiiv, how she met Tyler, why/when founders should hire a chief of staff (including why my tweet saying the opposite is wrong), acquihires, and more. ​ Give the show a listen on Youtube, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts. (link further in the thread) ​ ----- ​ A couple notes on why I wanted to do this: ​ - I've long felt that startup operators are some of the most unsung heroes in tech. - We constantly hear the same stories from the same founders (especially CEOs) and VCs involved in successful companies. - Much less common to hear from the early employees that made big but less appreciated contributions to making these companies successful. - These folks are the unsung heroes of the startup world. We think their stories should be told more often. - Lastly, I think we need spaces for more nuanced conversations with builders in startups. Too much fluff and surface level narrative in most tech media. Not enough depth about the craft of the game itself. ​ Transparently, I don't think we've yet created the perfect representation of what I want to exist. But I think we've made a good start and will iterate from here. ​ --- ​ This is very much a WIP. And we're new to podcasting. Figuring out the format as we go. ​ Any feedback on how we can make the show better, questions to ask, guests to have on, etc.... is welcome. 🙏

Experimenting with a new podcast. Concept is to have deep conversations with startup operators who were: 1. Early employees at iconic companies or 2. Are currently building at breakout startups Already recorded episodes with folks from Ramp, Instacart, Beehiiv, Clay, and more. DM if you want to preview one of the first episodes and are open to sharing feedback.

The most hated tax tool is Avalara. I have never heard any founder say that they are good. Founders hate it, their teams hate it, and everyone else who uses it hates it. Vista Equity Partners acquired them for $8.4 billion. The company started in 2004, raised $300M, and eventually went public in 2018 at a ~$2 billion valuation. It's a 20 year old company that became more complex over time. PE firms are acquiring low NPS companies that help with dealing with the government. Compliance is only going to increase given government is doubling in size. It's been a space ripe for the taking. With AI helping in tax code understanding, startups are building better functionality with a native product. Many startups are in this space going after a wedge that can grow into a better Avalara. Tax compliance race has just begun and will be one of the areas with big winners over the next 5-10 years.

@andrew__rea Chief of Staff job post requirements read like: “shit show supervisor”. 🚩 or “nerfed COO with no true decision powers”. 🤷🏽‍♂️ That’s freaking unfair to and frustrating for the human doing the job! Chief of Staff seems like a thankless role…

What is it with so many seed stage companies wanting a god damn chief of staff. Bro I want god tier engineers not a chief of staff. I need to build and ship faster. And to scale myself so I can sell and market more. I don't understand.