Akshay Shyam

Not everyone grows up in an entrepreneurial family or in an environment where they can naturally absorb the mindset of people who build businesses and generate wealth.

I grew up in what you'd call a working-class family, and I always knew that following the conventional path wasn't for me. So I had to look for inspiration elsewhere.

We're a small team. We can ship fast. We want to build what's actually useful.

So honest question what would make ExploreYC a tool you open every week?

We're locking in the launch window for LineageLens (open-source AI code provenance "git blame for AI-generated code") and I want to time it for when the most people are actually around, not just follow a generic playbook.

Trying to get this right, so I'd value real input from this crowd:

- Day of week which days do you see the most activity here? Mid-week, or does that just mean more competition for attention?

- Time of day is there a window where this community is most online? And does it skew US, Europe, or India?