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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Hi, this account is falsely impersonating me across multiple posts. I did not write this article and I’m not associated with this account. I’ve reported the account for impersonation. Please take this post down.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I launched Screenity Pro quietly, fixed a few bugs, and overthought everything 🫠 Then I finally posted about it publicly, and instantly regretted it. ...until the next morning 👀 Full story → alyssax.substack.com/p/i-thought-...

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I thought the launch failed, then I woke up

It's been a year since I posted. What could possibly go wrong?

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Mil gracias! Qué ilusión que te haya gustado 😊

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Imagine Loom, but for storytelling 🎬 I built Screenity Pro for creators who want more than just a screen recording. Make multi-scene edits, zoom on click, switch layouts, add captions and templates — then share it with a link. 👉 screenity.io/pro

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I finished building Screenity Pro and went to the Alps to relax. Obviously, Chrome broke everything and I started getting 1-star reviews from a mountain hut 🙃 Anyway, it's live. Here's the story → alyssax.substack.com/p/i-launched...

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I launched Screenity Pro (yes finally!)

Also, how a trip to the Alps turned into an avalanche of bug reports

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I got away from London's grey weather to work by the sea 🏄‍♀️ Instead I got caught in a full-blown Atlantic storm with no Wi-Fi, and way too much time to think. Sooo... I ended up rebuilding Screenity. Kinda. 😅 Here’s how it all unfolded → alyssax.substack.com/p/why-i-rebu...

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Why I rebuilt Screenity two months into my new indie life

When a storm knocks you offline, it forces you to rethink everything.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

2024 was chaotic 🙃 I bought a flat, traveled all over, joined a hackathon while recovering from surgery (bad idea), and finally quit my job to work on my own ideas. Here's the full story: alyssax.substack.com/p/buying-a-h...

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Buying a house, quitting my job, and going full-time indie

What happens when you try doing everything at once (spoiler: burnout)

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I've been looking into this as well recently, I think the closest I found was this (but no color): www.invisible-computers.com For now I'm using a Kobo eReader and a server to display the calendar. I'm also thinking of installing a display on the kitchen to show recipes and meal prep instructions.

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Invisible Computers

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Just realized I haven’t written on my newsletter in over a year… 🫠 Life and work have been a lot. Trying to put myself first this year—my goals, my projects, and sharing more along the way. Let’s see how that goes 🤞

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Soon ✌️(also @ threads.net/@alyssaxuuuu)

Photo of my laptop at the airport with a sneak peek of Screenity‘s annotation features

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 15/05/2023

I've implemented arrows, shapes, & the eraser. I had a UX dilemma: whether to keep tools enabled until manually unset, or automatically switch to a selection tool on every action, showing transform controls. I've seen both, tldraw has a "lock" mode which I like, but I want to surface it better...

Showcasing the cursor tool, arrows, and transform controls.

The tldraw lock functionality to keep tools enabled until manually unset.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 13/05/2023

Nice! I've been a bit hesitant myself, I can't decide whether to just share what I'm working on, or if I should post other things more. It's a bit of a dilemma honestly 🫠

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 12/05/2023

I'm trying to achieve financial security, enough so that I can just do and work on what I'm passionate about. Spend more time traveling, figure out where in the world I want to end up living (don't think it will be London), try new things... I'm sacrificing more now to get to that point sooner.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 08/05/2023

Oops, found a bug that changes the pen color on every stroke... Guess it's a feature now! 😅🌈

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 08/05/2023

Haha I want to add those options too, but the idea is to do it more like Loom, so you can copy links to share the videos. Not just internally within a company, but also externally for things like product demos. I'll likely just cap the bandwidth, I've seen others do it at ~1TB/month which seems ok.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 08/05/2023

Yeah, maybe, it could work. I'm still fine tuning these things, I'll likely not have the finalized pricing in a while, planning to see the reception first. I think my main concern is less so the resolution and more so the traffic from sharing those videos, it can get pricey.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 07/05/2023

I do want to avoid all these "micro-limits" as much as possible since they're annoying but I don't want to accidentally put myself in a position where the cost to sustain a user > what they pay, as a solo maker w/ no funding.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 07/05/2023

I set the metrics I'm charging through the provider I use for streaming/transcoding/storage/... which are storage+bandwidth. I've set reasonable caps/user "globally" to stay cost effective, but there's other added costs (e.g. editing, edge cases) which I need to take into account. Bit tough 😅

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

Bona idea! Però em sembla que no està tot ben indexat en el buscador, surten pocs resultats en general. Només funciona amb el firesky.tv posant-hi els filtres correspondents (i mantenint la pestanya oberta).

firesky.tv

Firesky

Watch every Bluesky post in real-time – filter the firehose

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

Not really possible with the Chrome API as an extension. But I am looking at ways in the new version to hide and obscure the UI so it's not as prominent.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

It's a bit more nuanced than that imo, the app is free & open source rn w/ 160K+ users. I need to: - Convince at least some of them to upgrade - Attract new users, switching from Loom/others I think a decent featureset would help w/ that. Branding is top priority too though, redoing it all from 0.

chrome.google.com

Screenity - Screen Recorder & Annotation Tool

The most powerful screen recorder for Chrome. Capture, annotate, edit, and more.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Been working on mapping out more of the features I'm adding to Screenity (not exhaustive) + comparing against other screen recorders. Hard to compete with some of these as a solo indie maker (some features are 💸💸💸), but I'm making it work so far by optimizing costs. What else should I add? 💡

A table of features I'm adding to Screenity, compared to other screen recorders like Loom, Screencastify, Vidyard, etc.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Middle one looks the most interesting IMO

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Same, the experience on web is so much better IMO.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Same thing here, I miss so much over the night :/

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Haha not by me, by the team I'm pretty sure!

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Rough overview: - Set your interests, API got the rest (bio, location...) - Match % system to show users w/ interest overlap - In-depth filters + keyword search - "Tinder-like" swiping to make new friends 1:1 - Pin top tweets in your profile - Gamified via referral/likes/boost to promote profiles

Tinder-like swiping system for making new friends

Home page, showing the user cards, rising users, recent, etc.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Thinking about building a discovery platform for Bluesky like I did for Twitter a while back, to help you filter through users and connect with others who share your interests. Too bad I don't have the time for it right now 🫠

A video still of the old Twitter discovery product I built, showing a list of filters to find users to connect with.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

I'm using it for discovering new content and users who share my interests, so cool seeing everything pop up in real-time. I'm still hoping we get a proper search functionality (or someone builds it...), though.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

Nice, added! I'm thinking about building something with the API too, so much potential...

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

I wrote in my newsletter about redesigning Screenity. Read if you're interested in: 🖌️ Keeping visual continuity in an app used by 160K+ 🧘‍♀️ Designing w/ mindfulness at its core 🤔 What if you combined Headspace w/ a screen recorder? alyssax.substack.com/p/redesign-onc…

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Redesign once more, this time with feeling!

Trying to carefully navigate the redesign of Screenity, without losing its essence

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

Yeah, I’m torn between keeping my original handle, or using my domain name, which I feel has less personality. I get how it has to work in terms of verification though, but I think I’ll stick with the default one for now.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 01/05/2023

It is upsetting. It was the one thing that made it possible for me to pursue my passions, break into tech, move abroad, and connect with likeminded people all over the world. My life would have been drastically different without Twitter.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 30/04/2023

Would ❤️ to connect with others who are interested in: 🖌️ Product design, UI/UX 🛠️ Software development (web, extensions, native apps...) 👩‍💻 Entrepreneurship, especially indie hackers + solo makers 👩‍🎨 Making creative things (writing, art, games, animation...) 👻 Sci fi / mystery / horror

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 30/04/2023

I had a bit of a wild idea for the color picker in my extension... Basically it's a radial menu which can be triggered from anywhere with swatches, and it can also become a full color wheel for specific colors. I've already implemented it with satisfying animations, I'll share more soon!

Radial menu with color swatches spread around a ring, and an eyedropper button on the center.

The radial menu is converted into a circular color wheel to pick specific colors.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 29/04/2023

Ha, do you even sleep then? When I fly at 8 or 9am I tend to be up by 3, but maybe that's just me (or London) 😅

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 29/04/2023

Sameee, please reveal yourselves 👀

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