Gianluca

frontend engineer

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

@itsalexvacca ADS

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

I want to connect with designers & developers:

👉 https://t.co/fvZKGNrago

#design #coding #software #swe #indiedev #frontend #backend

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

Learning more about TanStack and tRPC.

Reading docs feels so much better than asking ChatGPT to explain / do it for me. Been doing it for 2 months now for 80% of the time.

Slower process, but better results (in terms of knowledge).

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

Day 2 of working on a coffee-tracker app ☕️🙅🏻‍♂️

> Improved #figma components
> Organized frames nicely

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

First features will include:
- Add / edit single day's track
- Set daily targets (e.g., max 2 coffees/day and max 1 decaf/day)
- Set weekly goals (e.g., max 1 time/week I can skip daily limits)
- Browse them by weeks

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

One of my goals for 2025 was to reduce coffees from 2/day to 1/day (or zero!) ☕️🙅🏻‍♂️.

I've been tracking data for 293 days on a Notion note.

Now I'm ideating a coffee-tracker app.

[Wilmer Terrero @wilterrero]

I have 11th mobile apps on my portfolio

Building the 12th while you are reading this

Shaping my path to financial freedom one app at a time

Building a portfolio of apps is the real strategy:

1. Each app is a lottery ticket
• Some will fail completely
• Others will generate $100/month
• A few will become cash cows
• You can't predict which ones

2. Each failure teaches you something
• App Store ranking algorithms
• User acquisition flows
• Pricing psychology
• Conversion optimization

3. Building becomes faster
• First app: 3 months
• Fifth app: 2 weeks
• Tenth app: 72 hours
• Reuse code across projects

4. Your skills become valuable
• Can't find a job? Build apps
• Want to freelance? Show your portfolio
• Need passive income? Multiple apps compound

5 apps × $2k/month average = $10k monthly
No boss. No commute. No limits.

Build 10 simple apps.

One of them will change your life.

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

✅ Day 1 – Shaped the idea

Talked to friends and family about it. Got initial feedback.

Used ChatGPT to find holes in my idea and brainstorm.

Identified potential users + drafted a quick business model.

(Still need to do a quick competitor scan 😬)

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

I’m trying to build a mobile app MVP in under a week

while working full-time and recovering from hand surgery

here’s how it’s going so far (Thread👇🏻)

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

✅ Days 2–3 – Sketched out

Drew the app flow on paper to focus on UX, not UI fluff.

Made Figma wireframes → tested with two people → improved flow.

Built a clean-enough UI (lost some time polishing it 😅).

Tested again, got some helpful (slightly biased) feedback.

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

I’m working on a ai-app to release in 2 weeks

✅ already did quick business research, brainstorm, paper prototype

🔨 now working on wireframes for a few hours

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

friday night, paper prototyping a 💸💸 idea

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

ai app = LLM wrapped in a domain-specific UI

ai app = less cognitive load for the user, same power

[Adam Lyttle @adamlyttleapps]

I have created 50 apps:

10% have failed
46% have not been monetized (yet)
44% have generated revenue

And I've had 8 apps acquired

My journey started on January 13, 2020 to cope with my mental breakdown:

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

or should I go with this?

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

#NewProfilePic

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

Generate a Docker image

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

first AI/data extraction project

ran my eval script on 12 docs x 3 times (36 res in total) — 100% accuracy across all fields 😮‍💨

hyped but staying chill

[Gianluca @__gianluc4]

@anumness Is the API available already? How / what are you testing?