Hi, I’m Alex (38) — happily married, raising two awesome kids, and recently… rethinking everything.
👨💻 My background:
– I’ve worked as a programmer for ~10 years.
– Before that, I I taught physics at university level and even earned a PhD-level degree in math & physics.
– I’ve always enjoyed solving real problems, but corporate work (and office politics) slowly wore me down. Burnout? Mid-life crisis? Maybe both.
🚀 What I want now:
- Stop “working for the man” and build a self-funded path to freedom.
- Create meaningful, useful apps — for people like me.
- Use AI (instead of burning out again) as a tool to move faster and smarter.
🛠 Where I am today:
– Actively exploring app ideas based on real pain points.
– Building a public journal to document my journey — wins, fails, lessons, and all the weird stuff in between.
– First project: a mobile-friendly app that lets people scan, crop, and share documents like a mini scanner (PWA built with Vue + Laravel).
🙌 How you can help:
Got feedback? Questions? Ideas? Or just been through something similar?
Let’s connect — I’d love to learn from this community and maybe even contribute back as I go.
Appreciate the read — let’s build things that matter!