Alfredo Álvarez

Now building @VybeScript while discovering Valencia 🇪🇸
Creating small Mac and iOS Apps. Hunting stories worth hearing and experiences worth living.

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

I wanted to talk to my Mac instead of typing. So I built it.

Now it's @VybeScript. Your dictation never leaves your Mac.

14 days free, no card.

I'm a designer, not a developer by training. So tell me what bugs you. I read every reply.

https://t.co/okypAJ19e9

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@thearchitsakri Continuous translation and at the end of the sentence it corrects if anything was wrong.

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

I built a live English to Spanish translator for my wife.

One user, and I know exactly what she needs from it.

Best brief I've had so far. One real person beats a market of millions you've never met.

Who's the one person you're really building for?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@Joshua_WD Yes! And the point was helping her with that particular issue.

What I loved about the project was that I got to apply multiple things i learned from previous projects. That gave me a lot of confidence.

Have you been working on anything fun lately?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@DigitalUG_Store @X Small Mac apps here, mostly a voice to text one right now.

This week I'm shipping more one-on-one emails than code lol. What are you shipping?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@kapilhingu @X Alfredo here, building small Mac apps from Valencia 👋

ICP right now: founders and small business owners who write all day, for a voice to text app.

Who's yours?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@Vaibhav_Gareja Same here, the connecting part surprised me most. I came for the posting and stayed for the replies lol.

What changed most for you in those 4 weeks?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@Adam_Skouad Still waiting on my first one, so I'm taking notes lol.

My most-read post was about a $0.99 pricing mistake. Lots of views, lots of builders, no users.

What problem did your first customer have?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@Isaac_Dev0 Nice to meet you too 🤝 Open weights make a lot of sense if limits are the wall. Which ones are you testing first?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

I want to connect with people creating great tools.

If you are in the VybeCoding and Dev Space, what are you building?

Not only drop a link, tell me why your tool exists!

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@PadraigOraghail @rodri_shema @Domlokyn @talesbytim @OdobasicHaris Thanks Patrick, followed back 🤝

Small Mac apps here. The main one right now is VybeScript, voice to text for people who write all day. Still chasing the first paying users.

Automotive and aesthetic medicine is a fun mix lol. Which iOS app came first?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@getwebkoding @_boxcreative Honestly, no. Search is the part I haven't cracked at all yet.

Top 180 with the keyword already in the name is rough tho. Are the apps above you big brands, or other indie apps?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@Amit_Dobal14 Wow hard question.

If I see absolutely no traction and I see that either there is no market for it or it requires too much explaining on your end, then I would guess you can move on and try something new.

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

I want to connect with people building tools for issues they know very well.

If you are building a tool or SaaS, drop a comment explaining how did you come up with the idea and why does it exists?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@thearchitsakri Most tasks from agents happen in their own computer.

The ones that happen in mine are video editing among others. But they share it if they both need my computer.

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

Everything is separated by “areas” of the business. I currently manage two separate businesses on separate Notion accounts with their own workspace:

- Each business has very well-defined areas in Notion
- Each agent goes to their assigned area only
- The activity log only shows a repository of all activities completed
- Usually I assign activities on chat like talking to John and saying “hey can you check X?” (I’m oversimplifying of course.
- They either work in their computer or mine (I never shut it down)
- Routines (cron jobs) happen on my computer
Or theirs and then they act on those results.

So far it works fine. I’m still working on removing me from the equations as much as possible. But I’m still there.

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@getwebkoding @_boxcreative One keyword doing 88% of installs is still a real signal tho. Now you know what people actually type.

The emails only started this week, so it's too early to call. I'll share the real number once there is one.

Have you tried that keyword without paying for it?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@krishmusick That’s it! I love that you are working on your area!

B2B sales systems that start with the leads you already have is smart. Most teams are sitting on leads nobody followed up on.

What do you fix first, how fast they reply or the follow-up itself?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@RenativeStudio Let’s goo!! Good to see you there!

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

Look at that. Turns out most of my followers are busy working on creating stuff.

That’s so cool. I’m looking forward to connecting with more likeminded people.

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@bitacoralive Best of luck my friend!

[VybeScript @VybeScript]

Silence after "let me think about it" isn't a no. They got busy.

Three days later, send:
"Hi Ana, still thinking it over? Happy to answer anything, or close the file if the timing's off."

We dictate ours at the desk in VybeScript, then read it once.

Who are you waiting on?

[Alfredo Álvarez @Thealfredalv]

@CodeWithTamara I hope you keep finding problems like these!