Roy

IT architect by trade. Builder by choice. 🛠️
Shipping between meetings and bedtime stories.
📡 $0/m

[Roy @RoyInProgress]

AI-assisted coding turned me from someone who designs systems into someone who also builds them 🛠️

I’ve spent 10 years working between business and IT, currently as an IT architect: translating messy business problems into requirements, systems, trade-offs, and workable solutions.

I’ve always been close to technology, and I’ve done low-code development, but I never really saw myself as a developer.

Now, when I run into a problem, I don’t just look for an app. I try to build one.

Daily habits → app.
Home workouts → app.
Finance tracking → app.
Small workflow problem → product idea.

The interesting part is that my background helps more than I expected.

Product thinking helps me shape the problem.
Requirements engineering helps me make it concrete.
System thinking helps me avoid building random features.
Architecture helps me see how the pieces fit together.

So this is now a serious hobby that got slightly out of hand.

I get even less sleep than before 😅

I’m building web and mobile apps alongside a demanding office job, two young kids, and limited spare time.

I’ll use this account to share what I build, what I learn, where I get stuck, and whether any of these small bets can become real products.

[Roy @RoyInProgress]

@vaaselene Hey Selene, nice to meet you.

Currently working on https://t.co/T0tYtyzN4R

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@Vibe_with_val Yes, there will be a 3-day free trial 😄

You’ll need to start a subscription, but you can cancel before the trial ends if it’s not useful.

I’m mainly doing it that way because X sync/API usage has real costs on my side.

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Day 45 of building in public 🛠️

Added a “this week so far” view to X Reach Lab.

It shows each day’s:

posts
replies
discovery replies
followers
profile visits
best post

Because growth on X shouldn’t feel like starting from zero every morning.

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@Alkid0n Can’t wait Ignat!

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Gm builders ☕️

What is the best product you’ve ever built?

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@DanielSmidstrup That’s a great product indeed Daniel 💪

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@billainsahu 🙌

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@Vibe_with_val Glad you like it Valentine!

Founding access opens soon:
$10/month for founding members.
$20/month at launch.

Want me to DM you when it’s live?

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@billainsahu Exactly.

Most people only see outcomes.

Very few can clearly see the behavior that caused them.

With X Reach Lab I hope to help people with that.

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@mindinpanic Thank you brother!

Can’t stop, won’t stop 💪

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@bas_fijneman Thanks Bas!

I keep tweaking UX/UI and adding new features (big and small), need to find a way and time to tie it together and ship a v1.

I’m not on ship or die, but do feel the urge to ship - or die 😂 soon

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@justinhammon_ You get it Justin 💪

That’s exactly the idea.

The feed disappears fast, but the behavior patterns matter long term.

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@JacobCounsell @LaunchChair Will definitely check it out, thanks!

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@Vibe_with_val Connect your X account.

Sync your posts + replies.

X Reach Lab finds what actually creates profile interest and followers.

Then it tells you what to repeat, pause, or test next.

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@StokPix @tinytechfox @justinhammon_ @JacobCounsell @devbelowstairs @alexkaybuilds @Jordynww @Inglehoff In Dutch we say “happy egg” (“blij ei”) for a cheerful person 🐣

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@tinytechfox @JacobCounsell @devbelowstairs @justinhammon_ @alexkaybuilds @Jordynww @Inglehoff Right back at ya Claire!

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@justinhammon_ That is a very good one indeed Justin 💪

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@saamy193 Good thread 👍
Especially the 3 daily habits you list, those really make a difference.

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AI is moving faster than anyone can follow.

How do you keep up?

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@merts_dev Cool idea!

Btw there’s Turkish in your og, don’t know if it’s on purpose 😄?

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@merts_dev Think this pretty much covers it. I use both too, and I even let ChatGPT estimate complexity of the task and recommend which tool to use 😄