iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Over 100k monthly downloads for nextstepjs. I don't do any marketing as it is free library, still it grows better than my SaaS projects. 😅

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

First github sponsor for my open-source project! 🎉 🎉 🥳 🥳 Love it when people support open source, not because of income (tiny compared to saas) but makes you feel useful! It is free but people are willing to pay! #buildinpublic #opensource

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I had my first bot attack. Guns out now. Cloudflare and vercel bot protection did not do much. So I had to block particular FA4. Need to put rate limiting. What do you guys do to avoid this?

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

2 more today! You know what, seems like marketing really works. So many slow months, one YouTube video and 280 Euros sale in 4 days. Now, we need to show our options trading journal to more people.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ohh such a nice start to the week. I am soo over the moon. 3 years of work on our Options Trading Journal is finally paying off. Since our YT video is out, we had total 2 monthly basic plan, 1 yearly basic plan and 1 yearly pro plan sales. 🚀🚀🎉🎉 #buildinpublic #options

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Only if I did not switch to MacOS. It is great news for Windows users! They can finally enjoy @raycast.com , it is amazing!

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I should not have had Chinese before gym 😅

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I was away from X for a while, couple hours back in and I remember why I left it in the first place. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Sick of seeing .md files in your IDE and Search results? Just add files.exclude and search.exclude to your .vscode/settings.json in any vscode based IDE. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Finished morning hike, now time for BBQ. Life is good.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Another sale for mindtrajour! 🥳🥳🥳🚀🚀🚀 1 year subscription after 1 week trial. We are so on! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We made our first sale 🥳🥳🥳🚀🚀🚀 Last I have introduced a new feature, we sent the newsletter, conducted user interviews and bam. First sale! And we know more on the way. Worst is behind. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It is crazy that over 10k people downloading my library. 😱😱😱 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

One casual reddit post ->50x traffic No need for thousands of followers, no need for consistent daily posting. Just be genuine I love reddit #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This is how you drive traffic from reddit.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Let's see power of Reddit live. Website traffic now. I will post on Reddit something casual, then share the traffic results again. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Sometimes fix takes shorter than writing the ticket 😅 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

If users are spending this much time in our app, we did something really cool! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

nextstepjs downloads grow weekly and I barely promoted it recently. the best marketing is just solving a real problem well. it grows because developers find it useful. I just need to do the same on my paid products 😅 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

First stripe customer for mindtrajour 🤑🤑🥳🥳 (it is my co-founder 😂) #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This is after couple hours.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Reddit is a gold mine. Did not share the link to my website, just shared a story. This is the result after an hour. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Received this fun message for nextstepjs. I never thought my weekend project would make it to the tech stack diagram of a multi-billion-dollar company. Ps. not able to share company info as my guy did not want to expose it. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Well.. This is how successful reddit post looks like. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

We were almost getting a puppy this week. Cancelled last minute, it looks like a lot of work and it does not feel like it is the right time. But look at her, I still don't know if we made the right choice.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

You don't need to develop next big thing, you just need 10$/month idea that solves 1000 people's problem. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

To somewhere sunnier ☀️ No coding for a little while. Resting and recovering.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I love numbers and analytics! Human brain plays you games, but when you look into the data it shows the reality. I was thinking about changing my post scheduling, removing morning tweets and weekend tweets. Just checked analytics before and ooopps. They perform best 😅 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Happy monday devs! Afternoon shift this week. Morning brain for coding, afternoon brain for day job. Rest for workout 🏋️ I need to plan the week ahead, I feel bit lost at the moment. Coffee ✅ Water Plants ✅ Ready to roll. 💪 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It does not matter how good your product is, unless people know about it. Distribution is everything. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

We redesigned our landing page to be more clean and have obvious value delivery with social proof. Before after in the video. What do you think? #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

3rd week since I return back to gym. It feels great! I thought it would not leave me enough time to work on my projects but it is not the case. No excuse to skip caring your health.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Happy Saturday all! Take it easy today. It started well for me, feeling good! Mindtrajour videos for landing page ✅ Workout 🏋️⏳ Then time to go out and enjoy some 🍻 with friends. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Some senior devs will hate this but put as many console.logs to your server code as you can. It will save you loads of time debugging! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Strange feeling when you discover secret feature you did not know exist in your OWN APP, because Cursor decided to go one step further with your prompt 😅 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

React Native isn’t as beginner-friendly as web development, also it is not as AI friendly. But it’s worth it. I already use my own app to automate tasks. Screen time looks bit high for me but it was a lot higher before my app. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

New stickers from my wife 😬🦐 Do you like customising your macbook or is it a sin?

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

2nd week complete in gym, feeling a lot better both psychologically and physically. Progressively overloading, no room for ego and injury. 💪 Enjoy your Sunday! Do something for your health.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Why do you bother developing AI apps, is not it just a ChatGPT wrapper? Definielty not when you do it right! Initially I failed at proper prompting, Vondy's UI helped me with that. Ran similar prompts for @ChatGPT @grok and @Vondy Results are day and night! 2nd is best 😂 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Adding error messages to postopus mobile app. Come on, is not this just so cute?! Not sure about text though.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I have developed my first mobile app! It feels crazy nice to see your own app installed. I remember running my first website years ago, similar vibes. Using @expo.dev for it. Still learning, but great progress so far. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Happy Sunday all! Don't forget to watch out for your health. Stay strong, build strong! First week since I return to gym. 3 active workouts and 3 active rests, going great so far! What did you do for your health this week?

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Back to stronglifts 5x5 after 6 months break. It is sad that I am lifting less than half of what I used to. But this is important! No ego, no ego, no ego! Start safe, last long.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

That project of yours will never end, you will find a new project maybe even before finishing the first one. I stopped working out due to side projects and house reno. But I realised my side projects never end, they keep growing. So time to stop procrastinating. Health first!

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

My wife and I were taking photos of each other's irises, just out of boredom. One of us has beautiful eyes while other has better photography skills...

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Step 3: Define your steps and targets! Each tour has a name and an array of steps. Steps are customizable with: ✅ Title & Content ✅ Targeting an element with selector (id or class) ✅ Positioning the tooltip with side ✅ Controls like "Skip" & "Next" ✅ Routing paths

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Step 2: Wrap your app! Use NextStepProvider and NextStep to wrap your application, and pass the steps array to define your tour steps.

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