Joao Alves

Engineering Manager at IndeedFlex

Recent posts

Jan 31, 2026
Prompt-Driven Product - What Worked, What Didn't First, an apology. It has been almost six months since the last article in the series. If you were following along and expecting more, sorry about the silence. To be honest, a lot happened during that period. Work, personal life, and also growing frustration with the project itself. Motivation dropped quite a bit as a result. More on that below.
Jul 8, 2025
Prompt-Driven Product - Setting Up The Developer Environment In my last article, we transformed the raw app idea into a more detailed plan. With that plan in hand, it was time to build. But to do that, I first needed to properly set up my full developer environment. As mentioned before, I had been using Zapp! as a quick cloud IDE for my tests.
Jul 3, 2025
Prompt-Driven Product - From Idea to Plan In my previous article, we saw how I put Gemini Pro through its paces, essentially "interviewing" it to see if it could be my AI partner for this project. With its capabilities validated (mostly! 😅), it was time to start the real work...
Jun 24, 2025
Prompt-Driven Product - "Interviewing" Gemini Pro for the Job In the first article, I laid out the goal for this series: building an entire cross-platform app with AI generating most of the code. Before diving into it though, there was a critical step. I needed to know if Gemini Pro was up to the task.
Jun 17, 2025
Prompt-Driven Product - An Experimental Journey It's been a while since my last #buildinpublic series, so it's time for a new adventure! It all starts with a simple question: What if you could build a fully functional, cross-platform app, end-to-end, with an AI writing most of the code?