
Alex Nguyen
@alexcooldev • 63,556 subscribers
Indie Hacker building AI apps: 370K users 🤙 $19K/mo (https://t.co/BOZvk1HA2n) 20K users 🤌 $9K/mo (https://t.co/wHZuITsNqP) partnered with @rork and @arcads_ai
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My phones have been successfully warmed up and the first videos have been posted successfully. I’m about to hand them over to the students I hired so they can continue making content, and 50% of the phones will be automated. My goal is still to scale to 100+ accounts and automate them to promote my apps. I just ordered a wooden phone rack, it actually looks pretty nice. 😌
Alex Nguyen144,958 просмотров • 7 дней назад

I just try to built a Duolingo for sex app using Rork Max, the results are insanely good. Opus 4.6 was able to research and automatically generate over 25 onboarding screens, several lessons, plus create the logo and define the app’s main color palette on its own...
Alex Nguyen217,445 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

This AI influencer I built will helping me grow on Tiktok, YT and IG 100% organically. My 3-step system: Step 1: Create an avatar with nano banana Step 2: Generate the script with ChatGPT Step 3: Turn the script + avatar into UGC with Arcads Instead of paying $1,000 per video, I built my own AI UGC factory.
Alex Nguyen153,911 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

Waiting on Apple review (feels slow… pretty sure the review team is on Christmas break 😅). Used the time to vibe-code the onboarding again: more animations, more mascot moments → better brand recognition. Onboarding is now 14 steps before the paywall. Not sure if that’s too much, but after checking top apps in the space… most of them actually have even more 🤷♂️ Shipping while waiting. 💪 Tech Stack: – No code mobile app builder: Rork AI – Mobile: React Native (Expo) – IDE: Cursor – Frontend: Next.js – Payment: RevenueCat – Backend: HonoJS – Database: Supabase – Infrastructure: Railway – AI API: OpenAI (dropping the tech stack here because someone always asks 😂)
Alex Nguyen94,941 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

My app is finally ready to ship. But since Apple barely reviews on weekends (Fri–Sun), I’m taking this window to polish everything even more. Spent the evening vibe-coding: - smoother text-change animations - a clean slider animation for height/weight inputs → The whole flow feels way more alive now. If all goes well, the launch button gets pressed next week. 🚀 More shipping, less talking. Tech Stack - Vibe-coding tool: Rork AI - Mobile: React Native (Expo) - IDE: Cursor - Frontend: Next.js - Payment: RevenueCat - Backend: HonoJS - Database: Supabase - Infrastructure: Railway - AI API: OpenAI (dropping the tech stack here because someone always asks 😂)
Alex Nguyen96,844 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

In my last post, someone said the animations looked laggy 👀 Turns out… they were right but only on simulator. I’d been testing on Rork simulator + my own simulator the whole time → UI felt choppy. So I spent time optimizing animations with Opus 4.7. Then I built it on a real device (iPhone 17 Pro Max)… And damn, smooth af. Almost zero lag. Now the app is ~80% done. I’m already using it daily at the gym. Even had a few gym bros ask: “yo what app is that?” Feels like I’m already 50% there lol 🤟
Alex Nguyen26,127 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

While waiting for Apple’s approval, I’ve been using my app daily to hunt down and fix potential bugs. And yeah, it’s honestly fun seeing how well it works, especially knowing that ~85% of it was built through vibe-coding 😌 Like I said before: “Vibe-coding feels amazing when you actually know how to code and understand how the system works.” Tech Stack – No code mobile app builder: Rork AI – Mobile: React Native (Expo) – IDE: Cursor – Frontend: Next.js – Payment: RevenueCat – Backend: HonoJS – Database: Supabase – Infrastructure: Railway – AI API: OpenAI (dropping the tech stack here because someone always asks 😂)
Alex Nguyen81,626 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

Right now on the App Store, there are tons of arcade games making $1M+ from ads. My million-dollar idea: I can vibe-code multiple games and turn them into TikTok, but for arcade games. I just tried vibe-coding a Pac-Man game and it was insanely simple. I could code it from scratch, but that would take about 1 month. Now it takes 5 minutes with just 3 simple steps: > Prompt it with GPT-5 > Build it using Opus 4.5 on Rork > Shipped from my phone I honestly think that combined with good TikTok marketing, making $10k–$50k/month from ads is totally realistic because TikTok users love free stuff. Bruh… AI genuinely surprised me.
Alex Nguyen72,381 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

While waiting for the App Store review, I’m just vibe-coding. Using this quiet window to polish the small things that actually matter: – refining text animations so transitions feel natural – adding a clean glass animation to the water log 💧 – fixing a few annoying scale issues on iPhone SE No rush. No pressure. Just making the experience smoother, calmer, and more alive. Now we wait for Apple to do their thing (review) 😌 Tech Stack – No code mobile app builder: Rork AI – Mobile: React Native (Expo) – IDE: Cursor – Frontend: Next.js – Payment: RevenueCat – Backend: HonoJS – Database: Supabase – Infrastructure: Railway – AI API: OpenAI (dropping the tech stack here because someone always asks 😂) PS: This is the TestFlight production build, and yah… it already feels native-smooth 😌
Alex Nguyen78,426 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

The simplest way to create an AI influencer using workflow (3 steps): Nano Banana → Veo 3 → Arcads AI Workflow Step 1: Build your character with a JSON prompt (Nano Banana Workflow) → Use a structured JSON prompt instead of writing random text → Define the look clearly: character, outfit, lighting, camera style, background → Add negative constraints like: no logos, no text, no extra fingers, no CGI skin, no warped mirror This makes the output more stable and reusable. You’re not just prompting. You’re building a repeatable image system Step 2: Turn image → video (Veo 3 Workflow) → Connect the Nano Banana output directly into Veo 3 → Add a simple motion prompt: slight body movement, natural head turn, subtle phone movement → Keep it minimal so it feels more real Workflow removes the manual back-and-forth. Step 3: Add script + voice (Arcads AI Workflow) → Feed the generated video into Arcads AI → Add a short script, usually 10–20 seconds → Generate voice + lipsync that matches the character vibe Now the character becomes actual content. Why workflow matters: Prompt → Image → Video → Voice No messy manual process. No repeating the same setup every time. Just a clean pipeline you can scale. Nano Banana + Veo 3 + Arcads AI + workflow feature = simple AI influencer factory
Alex Nguyen32,976 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

The past few weeks I’ve been slammed updating my older apps, so I stepped away for a bit. But I’m back now, kicking off a 7-day MVP build and launching my 3rd B2C app during the final week at HRG. Day 1: Tech stack - Mobile: React Native Expo - Vibe coding tool: Rork AI - IDE: Cursor - Frontend: NextJS - Payment: Revenuecat - Backend: HonoJS - Database: Supabase - Infrastructure: Railway - AI API: OpenAI Marketing channels: TikTok, Threads, IG (Gen Z style) - Already warmed up, got a 50K-view TikTok ready for launch 😌
Alex Nguyen63,459 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад

Bruh… I just cracked a simple way to clone viral AI influencer content 👀 Kling + Arcads + NanoBanana Literally that's all I am using 1 template. 20+ scenes and characters. How it works: Step 1: Find a trending video on TikTok / IG / YT Step 2: Generate a new AI influencer with NanoBanana Step 3: Use Kling 2.6 motion control inside Arcads Step 4: Make your own AI actor recreate it You’re not copying. You’re remixing what already works. It's just smart. This is why AI influencer farms are exploding in 2026. Organic scale > paid influencers when you’re small. PS: Huge thanks to Arcads for sponsoring our efforts 💪
Alex Nguyen43,610 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

I just came back and started my 7-day MVP app build (the final app of the year): Day 1: Tech stack: - Mobile: React Native Expo - Vibe coding tool: Rork AI - IDE: Cursor - Frontend: NextJS - Payment: Superwall - Backend: HonoJS - Database: Supabase - Infrastructure: Railway - AI API: Open AI Marketing channels: TikTok, Threads, IG (Gen Z style) After 3 hours of vibe coding, the onboarding flow is 80% complete. And join the “build and grow an app to $5K/month” challenge with jack friks
Alex Nguyen56,172 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

This is how I built a simple system to mass-produce AI influencer content at scale. 👀 No big team. No crazy stack. Just: NanoBanana + Arcads. That’s it. Here’s what I actually do: 1. Scroll TikTok / IG / YouTube Shorts 2. Find a format that’s already working (good hook + real comments) 3. Generate a new AI influencer with NanoBanana 4. Use Arcads to turn it into a video in that format I’m not trying to reinvent creativity. If something already works, that means: - The hook works - The structure works - The messaging works I just remix it with a new AI face + new angle. That’s not copying. That’s smart distribution. Honestly… this is why AI influencer farms are going to explode in 2026. When you’re small, organic volume > paying big influencers. PS: Huge thanks to Arcads for sponsoring our experiments 💪 Prompt below if you want 👇
Alex Nguyen22,939 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

From zero to an MVP launch in 7 days: Day 2 log Onboarding & Auth Building: - Setup Google, Apple Login – Done - Code basic Onboarding – Done - Auth Screen – Done - Start warmup for 2 TikTok accounts - Hunt viral format for marketing - Ready for main features Day 2 = Onboarding, Auth DONE. Day 3 = Build Day 4 = Build Build Build Build... ... #BuildInPublic #shipaton2025
Alex Nguyen41,461 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад