The best platform team ships zero tools
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Alejandro U. Alvarez
I like to make things.
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All postsBuilding a full SaaS app in days
How I built a complete clinic management system using LLMs in a fraction of the usual time
dotdot: A social experiment
Group chat application aiming to help meet and get to know other people
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2026
JavaScript
TypeScript
Building a full SaaS app in days
How I built a complete clinic management system using LLMs in a fraction of the usual time
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2021
Fast Sudoku solver in Python
AC-3, depth-first search and backtracking with Min-Remaining Value and forward checking.
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2020
JavaScript
Reactjs
dotdot: A social experiment
Group chat application aiming to help meet and get to know other people
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2020
JavaScript
Procedural
Flocking Behaviour Simulations
JavaScript implementation of the Boid algorithm
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2020
JavaScript
Procedural
Procedural Map Generation
JavaScript implementation using simplex noise and WebGL rendering
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2017
socialgorithm
Online community and platform for code workshops and challenges. Used by universities and companies to run events for students, interns, and employees.
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2015
asciimg: preview images in your terminal
Perl tool to render images as ASCII art in the terminal
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2015
sonar.css: Animated attention seekers
SCSS library to add simple animations to any HTML element
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2014
WebGL
JavaScript
Nebula text: WebGL experiment
JavaScript library to render text as floating particles in WebGL
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2013
nuophoto: Online image editor in JavaScript
Photoshop-inspired online editor supporting multiple files, layers, blending modes, artistic filters and effects...
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2013
PhotoJShop: JavaScript image editing library
JS library to perform matrix convolution filters on images, with a few standard filters bundled in.
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2013
JavaScript
Procedural
Procedurally generated trees in JavaScript
Recursive procedural function that draws tree-like shapes - highly configurable
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2013
VayaCoñazo
Entertainment site, mixing an RSS aggregator and a "rage comic" site where users submitted their content
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2012
Line Art: Playing with HTML & JS animations
Animating a sine wave using HTML, used to be a Chrome Experiment back in the day
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2012
CloudClient
Cloud storage client compatible with Dropbox and other services
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2011
QuePiensas
Spanish (failed) social network fully integrated with Facebook. It alowed users to express their opinion on their friends.
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2009
Chevismo
Entertainment site featuring many popular tools and services. Also a chat, forum, and many other sections that users discovered over time.
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2007
DJs Music
Music sharing website where independent DJs upload their mixes and original songs
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