Marco

🏕️ solo founder, off grid in Portugal
📚 learn languages by reading
🍃 files, any device
🔥 agentic dev env

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

I started on it in February

Just was tired of having to start all my servers up again when Claude Code crashed my computer, so I thought to make a little native macOS app that would remember the states of which projects were running after restart.

When I got that working I realized I already had terminals running in my own tool so why should I be using another terminal to run my agents, so I moved the agents inside

All of a sudden it became my dev tool, but I still had to go search for browser tabs among a sea of browser tabs to find each project, so I moved the browser inside as well

Then I realized that now everything lived together, so I can have Highwind let the agents talk to the servers and browser with MCP, and that was the game changer

Then I've just been using it daily and building the things that would make it even more powerful

It gets really interesting when I run my local tools in it as well, and they also have MCP

Then I'm working with agents in the sidebar to control the tool but also build the tool at the same time, cutting iteration cycles down significantly

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@fouadelbouiadii Haha yea my two main side-projects are the outcomes of me trying to optimize my workflows turned into products 😂

https://t.co/x23xxBKYfp and https://t.co/Mtk6PRK6bY

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@klausbyskov @bot Hey Klaus!

What fun stuff are you working on?

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@SamVale29 Haha, did I win?

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

I lasted two pages into Harry Potter in Dutch.

I had the paperback in one hand and Google Translate in the other. Every unknown word meant leaving the page, typing it, hoping I’d spelled it right, then finding my place again. A page later the same word would show up, and I had to type it in all over again.

I stopped and built the reader I wished I had. I had never made an app.

https://t.co/dxJULec9jf

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@philippeduvin Wow only a couple of weeks? What's your main space for getting attention? X?

That's impressive, and makes me feel like I can do a lot better

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@jrya7 Honestly I feel like the language doesn't even matter anymore, I'm learning so much faster so many different languages and frameworks just by watching code flying by 😂

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@SuiBuilds Haha, I couldn't have imagine a fraction of the things that has happened since I moved to Portugal 5 years ago, it's been quite a journey

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

Imagine if Xcode would just offer to do this for you instead of just telling you to go to a terminal and do it yourself? 🫠

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@artisbautra Good luck! You can do it 🔥

I lost my job 6 years ago thanks to covid, and it was a blessing in disguise. Since then I've been working for myself, and it's been a blast!

Couldn't see myself going back to working for someone else at this point

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@jrya7 Haha, well I've been building with PHP for my entire career since 2006 plus the years before I started working professionally until 6 years ago basically when I started working for myself

I've written enough $this->; to last me a lifetime 😂

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@ChezluiCJar Hey Chelu!

What fun stuff are you working on?

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@Malaghetto74 Oh wow, which isle is this? Feels like right where I had my booth last year 🫠

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@yuchenz79260729 I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean 🫠

Facebook?

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

Any founders/builders in Portugal?

Lets connect ✌️

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

@master_jpma It’s really difficult though, my brain still goes there half the time

Somehow Twitter rolls of the tongue much smoother than X 🫠

[Marco @mvrsn_dev]

Spent 5 hours today patching roofs and walls in the rain preparing for Storm Charles hitting Portugal tomorrow

How was your Tuesday? 🫠

#BuildInPublic