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René DeAnda
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Independent work by René DeAnda

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A few things I keep learning from.

Tools, apps, and useful things I’ve shared along the way. Each one started with something I wanted to make a little better.

ProductBuilder’s search and curated guide categories
Tools, models, and guides. The useful parts, brought together.

A reference for builders

ProductBuilder

A growing library of practical guides and resources for people learning to build products with AI.

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Makr’s palette generator creating a three-color palette
The palette generator, one of the small tools at Makr.

Small tools, real use

Makr

Small browser tools for the little jobs that should take less time.

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Delightful Apps

A couple of the apps. The full collection, availability, and support live at the studio.

Delightful

A private, simple gratitude practice for noticing three good things each day.

100K+ downloads · 4.8/5 rating

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Ember Notes

Notes that feel like home. A native Markdown notes app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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Open source

Kindling

Open source · MIT

The planning process and SwiftUI / React Native starters behind my apps, shared so the next builder can start further along.

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Cindermark

Open source · MIT

The incremental Markdown parser inside Ember. Written in Rust, with Swift bindings, and shared for other native text editors.

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Also part of the story

Viet.io - A View into Vietnam Tech

Vietnam Tech Ecosystem open-sourced. Viet.io is an open-source website built with React & Next.js listing technology companies in Vietnam & investors investing in Vietnam.

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Travel Photography

Small moments from my travels, shared freely on Unsplash. 50M+ views and 160K+ downloads.

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