Builder · Maker · Occasional overthinker

Alex Rivera

Currently building: a tool for async standups that doesn't feel like work

I'm a developer who builds things that feel human. Not corporate, not template-y — just genuine products made by someone who cares too much about the details.

Now —

→Shipping a daily writing habit alongside the day job
→Learning Rust (very slowly, very humbled)
→Reading everything by Craig Mod
→Building in public — warts, delays, and all

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Things I've built

4 projects

Daily

2025

A minimalist journaling app I built because every existing one annoyed me. 400+ daily active users, zero marketing. Just shipped it and told a few people.

React NativeExpoSQLite

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Weekend Project

2024

Started Saturday morning, shipped Sunday night. A Pomodoro timer that connects to your calendar and blocks focus time automatically. Not pretty, but it works.

Node.jsGoogle Calendar API

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This Portfolio

2024

My attempt at not making another generic portfolio. Designed it with the same principles I apply to my products: clear, specific, and honest about what's works-in-progress.

Next.jsTailwindFramer Motion

Open Standup

2023

An async standup tool for remote teams. Lightweight, no daily meeting fatigue. Currently at 200 active workspaces.

Next.jsSupabaseResend

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I'm a maker at heart.

I don't do corporate well. I like building things that feel human — imperfect, honest, interesting. If you want someone who actually cares about what they're making and talks about it publicly, let's talk.

A few things —

✦I've shipped 8+ products to real users (paying ones, not just friends)

✦I write a newsletter about building small software for 1,200+ subscribers

✦I've been building in public since 2022 — failures included

✦I value shipping over perfecting. A deployed feature beats a perfect draft.

✦I believe the best code is the code you'll still understand in two years