Christian Martinez

Entrepreneur & maker of digital products | Sharing wins, pivots & lessons from the trenches | Powered by tacos & late-night ideas

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

React Native upgrades get painful when the calendar makes the decision. My baseline: two planned reviews a year. Not to chase every release, but to keep framework, packages, toolchain, and store changes from becoming one emergency. #ReactNative #MobileDev

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Everyone asks: “Is SaaS dead in 2026?”
AI makes building software easier.

It doesn’t remove maintenance, security, scaling, bugs, or support.

The question isn’t: “Can I build it?”
It’s: “Do I want to own it long term?”

🎥 https://t.co/kvQBm9NgEL

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Just finished the Google I/O Developer Keynote.

My takeaway:

As software gets easier to build, experience becomes more valuable.

AI may create more apps.

It may also create more apps needing rescued.

#GoogleIO #AI

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

I watched Google I/O today and think most developers are excited about the wrong thing. Faster AI models are cool.

The bigger shift: AI increasingly deciding who gets recommended.
Future winners may not be:
best engineers
biggest companies
But whoever AI trusts enough to surface

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Every AI productivity tool wants me to plan more. I want one that protects the plans I have already made.

The right AI assistant should not refill your schedule. It should defend it.

Calendar Buddy beta: https://t.co/9tv2iobp9n

#AI #BuildInPublic

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Seeing the growth, momentum, and excitement from these teams was incredibly motivating.

Excited to see what they build next 🚀

#Startup #HealthTech #Entrepreneurship

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Every successful company starts as an idea someone decided to pursue.

Last night I attended demo day for the Fuel Healthcare Accelerator and had the opportunity to mentor a few founders directly.

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Every AI productivity tool wants me to plan more. I want one that protects the plans I have already made.

The right AI assistant should not refill your schedule. It should defend it.

Calendar Buddy beta: https://t.co/9tv2iobp9n

#AI #BuildInPublic

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

The cheapest way to lose ground on a mobile project is to skip the audit.

It does not slow you down. It tells you which mile is the expensive one before you walk into it.

#MobileDev #StartupLife

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Two years ago I was grinding on OnCue's hardest part. One goal: change the song based on location.

When it finally worked, I jumped so high I screamed.

The moment the proof of concept works, everything after is UI on top of a real thing.

#IndieDev #SwiftUI

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

I built OnCue in native Swift. Two years in, I've redesigned the Apple Watch complication three times.

The product isn't the first version that works. It's the version still working in year two.

That's the job AI can't do for you yet.

#IndieDev #SwiftUI

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

45% of AI-generated code carries security vulnerabilities.

That's why I'm building an AI calendar app as a real product, not a prompt. Calendar data is sensitive.

The prompt is the prototype. The product is the maintenance.

#AI #BuildInPublic

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

The hardest part of software was never building it. It was running it after.

You can vibe-code a CRM in a weekend. You cannot run one in a weekend.

Building is the cheap part. Running is the moat.

#StartupLessons #AI

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

The hardest part of software was never building it. It was running it after.

You can vibe-code a CRM in a weekend. You cannot run one in a weekend.

Building is the cheap part. Running is the moat.

#StartupLessons #AI

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Goal: 50 beta testers by May 31.

For founders, agency owners, indie builders. If that's you, sign up: https://t.co/9tv2iobp9n

Know someone who lives this? Tag them or share.
#AI #BuildInPublic

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Tasks lose to meetings every time. Founders end the week wondering what they shipped.

Calendars hold your meetings. They should fight for the work between them.

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

I built AI Calendar Buddy to fix this. It auto-plans tasks into your free slots and reshuffles when meetings or deadlines change.

Why? I run an agency and ship my own apps. My calendar was a wall. Real work kept getting pushed to "later." Cannot be the only one.

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Want to support a small business and get paid for it?

I just opened referrals at CAM Software. Refer someone who signs on and I’ll send you a $100 gift card, your choice.

https://t.co/yYvRdPQXf5

[Christian Martinez @Chris_M41]

Just released my latest video

AI hallucinations are real and not talked about enough

AI can be powerful

But also confidently wrong

I break it down here:
https://t.co/rEpXPBWBMP

#AI #buildinpublic