alejandro @whatisalejandro

programmer & artist • eng @watershed • previously @feelmuddy @airbnb @pinterest @ucberkeley alejandro.pe san francisco, ca Joined July 2010

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cora @paging_cora

a week ago

people who say front end is easy are telling on themselves. because sure, it can be, if your b2b saas site is just glued together shadcdn. in MY opinion front end is complex if you care about good ui / ux at all.. elegant data loading patterns, reactivity, speed

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anirudh @kamathematic

a week ago

yeah sf has a “monoculture” but where else can i fill a room with people excited about zod 4

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Paul Graham @paulg

2 weeks ago

The danger of working in secret is inversely proportional to the simplicity and precision of the test. It would be safe to work in secret for a year on a new rocket engine. But if you work in secret for a year on a new social network, it will probably be a flop.

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pale kirill @palekirill

2 weeks ago

to grow and explore the textures of this world

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Daniel @danielrakh

2 weeks ago

Our "App Mafia" is not the same.

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samantha - making MUDBIRD @burrowbling

2 weeks ago

added a hammock and some new island flora

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alejandro @whatisalejandro

2 weeks ago

cool stuff

OpenAI @OpenAI

2 weeks ago

cool stuff

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Nathan Baschez @nbashaw

11 months ago

ProseMirror is a massively under-hyped critical piece of web infrastructure

Romain Huet @romainhuet

11 months ago

ProseMirror is a massively under-hyped critical piece of web infrastructure

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oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire

3 weeks ago

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Jason “Mars” Yuan @jasonyuandesign

3 weeks ago

@HipCityReg mark making — visual spatial writing

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Jack Parker-Holder @jparkerholder

a month ago

This one is an example where you see what someone did with your model and can’t even believe it

Tim Rocktäschel @_rockt

a month ago

This one is an example where you see what someone did with your model and can’t even believe it

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Steve Ruiz @steveruizok

a month ago

If you must operate without a designer then you should do what designers do: Copy the shit out of the apps you love. Find ones have solved similar problems. If you encounter a novel problem, look harder for examples. Study incumbents, old apps, Mobbin, etc.

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Jarred Sumner @jarredsumner

a month ago

imo the bottleneck for using LLMs today is “how do I give it the right context & feedback loop to do this well?” and not “can it do this?”

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detetiive @Detetiive

a month ago

I made two Kirby logos, which one looks better?

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alejandro @whatisalejandro

a month ago

this video is quite nice, ryo gets it

Ryo Lu @ryolu_

a month ago

this video is quite nice, ryo gets it

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alejandro @whatisalejandro

a month ago

Sometimes I think I’m spiritually closer to a designer, maybe because I’m more of an idealist, more visual, more drawn to aesthetics and ideas. But I write production code for a living, so I guess I’m a builder at heart.

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alejandro @whatisalejandro

a month ago

My take on whether there's an AI bubble: I use ChatGPT and Cursor regularly. They create real value for me. I’ll keep using them as long as they do. That’s it.

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alejandro @whatisalejandro

a month ago

Airbnb launched multiple times, gas app relaunched multiple times after different names. You should take advantage that no one cares about your brand early on to relaunch again, it’s a feature not a bug and your ego is on the way.