Alex Rivera
@alexrivera
Full-Stack Engineer
Full-stack dev building the future of social. Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase. Open source contributor.
Austin, TXalexrivera.dev
Highlights
I rebuilt Twitter in a weekend using Next.js 14 and Supabase. Features: ✅ Real-time feed ✅ DMs with read receipts ✅ Trending topics ✅ Verified badges ✅ Communities ✅ Live streaming The entire codebase is 412 files. Modern web dev is wild.
#webdev#nextjs#buildinpublic#supabase
Built a real-time collaborative editor this weekend using Supabase Realtime + Yjs. The latency is insane — sub-50ms sync between clients. Stack: Next.js 14, Supabase, Yjs, TailwindCSS Code is open source, link in bio.
#nextjs#supabase#opensource#webdev
Unpopular opinion: Server Components are the biggest paradigm shift in React since hooks. If you're still thinking in terms of useEffect + fetch, you're fighting the framework. Let the server do what servers are good at.
#react#nextjs#servercomponents
PSA: Next.js 15 just dropped with Turbopack stable. My build times went from 45s → 8s. That's not a typo. Upgrade guide in the comments.
#nextjs#turbopack#webdev#performance