Gabriel Valdivia
@gabrielvaldivia
I help startups ship fast without compromising quality. Past clients: @daylightco, @workmatelabs, @gather_town, @gv, etc
Early-stage design is spelunking—map the cave while you move. Late-stage design is excavating—methodically digging out and shaping the environment. Bring a headlamp or a hard hat accordingly.
Early-stage design is about turning abstract conversations into something real—fast. That’s why instead of sitting around a meeting table, you’ll find me in front of a white board sketching what's being talked about.
this is what i mean when i say software moves at the speed of culture now
i vibe coded a little game called Coldplay Canoodlers you're the camera operator and you have to find the CEO and HR lady canoodling 10 points every time you find them 👇link
Study standup comedy. @birbigs' Working It Out podcast is a great starting point: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mik…
Any recommendations on things that helped you develop your storytelling skills?
Which skill has compounded your career value more: storytelling or tooling mastery?
This piece by @vanlancker is essential reading for navigating the AI era. Willem's point of view is both challenging and compassionate at once. Loved every word! every.to/thesis/in-the-…
Founders who treat design as “polish” end up buying it twice—first as decoration, later as surgery. Measure cost in replaced screens, not invoices.
We're looking for an exceptional 🤖 Android engineer to work on Dex — a language learning camera for kids. ✨ You'll work directly with me to build a whimsical operating system from scratch. 🧑💻 Must be able to work with Jetpack Compose and Kotlin-Multiplatform. 🌐 You want to…
Pre-product-market-fit, iteration cost is low and opportunity cost is high; post-fit, those costs flip. Design like you know which column you’re in.
My favorite people working with early stage startups right now: @kevintwohy, @hamburger, @saturday. Who else should be on my radar?
I’ve been having the greatest time designing Dex, a language learning camera for kids 3-7 years old. Hardware + Software + AI + children education. Sign up for the waitlist below 👇
Hi, fellow parents! If you're raising multilingual children, meet Dex, the world's first Language Learning Camera. We built Dex for our own children - all bilingual or trilingual - and it worked. Now, we want to make it work for yours, too. dex.camera
If you're curious about vibe coding, this 20 minute video from Pablo is a great primer that helps you understand the basics and get started... today! pablostanley.substack.com/p/vibecoding-b…
An early-stage designer focuses on defining new products to find out what works while the late-stage designer is focused on refining and growing a product that already works.
What do you mean for early-stage designers? I am asking because I am interested in this topic.
I'm willing to bet that we're bound to see more early-stage designers as AI shifts our roles away from maintaining existing software to incubating new products.
Monday ritual: ask “What can we ship by Friday that changes what we know today?” Answer that ruthlessly and the roadmap writes itself.
I’m really happy to see all the positive sentiment towards @browsercompany and Dia. It’s good and artfully made software, but above all it’s also the product of good people I’ve had the privilege of crossing paths with in the past and have genuine affection for. Congrats…
I spend half of my day at work totally immersed in how AI will change everything about life as we know it and the other half caring for a toddler reminded that none of that matters and the quintessential human condition couldn’t care less about AI.