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alyssaxuu.bsky.social
Designer, developer, & entrepreneur. → alyssax.com
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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...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

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 🤞

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 627 days ago • 0 comments

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...

submitted 678 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 686 days ago • 0 comments

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? 💡

submitted 689 days ago • 2 comments

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 🫠

submitted 690 days ago • 4 comments

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? https://alyssax.substack.com/p/redesign-once-more-this-time-with

submitted 691 days ago • 2 comments

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.

submitted 693 days ago • 3 comments

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!

submitted 694 days ago • 1 comment

Is anyone else sharing what they're making on the platform yet? Trying to find new people to follow to get inspired, a bit tired of all the meta discourse on my timeline 😅

submitted 695 days ago • 11 comments

No video or GIF support 😔 I wanted to show the interactions I've made for the toolbar, they're so fun and playful! https://twitter.com/alyssaxuu/status/1651973043101528064

submitted 696 days ago • 2 comments

Making a fun little toolbar for Screenity ✨

submitted 696 days ago • 0 comments