Romulo Alves

What am I doing now?

Last update 2026-05-13 from home

Check out what happened in the past.

What am I reading?

Inside the Box: How constraints make us better by David Epstein.

I've tried many ways to be more productive: time-blocking, bullet journal, 100s of apps. Nothing really helped me to stick to the habits.

Getting a better insight from David about creating constraints.

I'm positive this is a great read!

What am I coding?

I was working on a project mentioned here. I'm currently over the fence about whether to pivot or abandon it.

Why? The reason is that it would be a B2B2C e-commerce platform for selling custom gift baskets. I would never have the bandwidth or resources to find stores to sell on it and manage their data (because most don't want to register their products or take pictures if they don't have any). Plus, I would need to do marketing to attract buyers.

If I pivot, I would turn it into a B2C e-commerce store, selling custom gift baskets and placing orders with these stores as suppliers. Kind of dropshipping.

Other than this, working on nothing else...

Inspired by Derek Sivers. about nownownow