GigShield is a parametric income-insurance platform for delivery riders. It was a team of three , built with Rishabh and Abhinav, so the credit isn't mine alone. I'll say that every time I talk about it.

This post is about what the project is, which pieces I built, and what I try to do on team projects. Some of those lessons are things I did; some are things I now try to do. I'll be clear about which is which.

The problem

Delivery riders in India are paid weekly and live on thin cash buffers. One day of heavy rain, a hazardous air-quality reading or a platform outage can wipe out a day or two of income.…