Alex Rivera

@arivera

Full-stack dev. Building in public.

Joined February 2026

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Hot take: Most "AI-powered" apps are just a wrapper around an API call with a nice UI.

The real innovation is in the UX, not the model.

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Quit my job to go indie. Day 1: Optimized my desk setup.
Day 2: Rewrote my todo app.
Day 3: Considered getting a job.
Day 4: First paying customer. Let's go.

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Shipped a feature in 2 days that the previous team estimated at 3 months. The trick? I removed 90% of the requirements.

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Switched from VS Code to Cursor last week. The AI autocomplete is either incredible or hilariously wrong. No in between.

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