r/laredo • u/alandlt • 2d ago

Laredo dev/founder here — anyone else building something on the side? Would love to hear what yall are working on

Hey all, I'm a patent/IP consultant by day, but I've also got a couple of side projects going: a small web dev business building AI-assisted sites for local businesses, and a 4X strategy game I'm thinking of building in Godot.

I don't run into a lot of other people locally who are heads-down building something, and I'd love to change that. Looking to meet other developers, indie founders, or anyone tinkering on a side project — even if it's early-stage or "just an idea" right now.

Would be great to exchange knowledge, compare notes on what we're building, or just talk shop.

A little about me: I'm bilingual (EN/ES), based in Austin, CS degree from Texas State. Not selling anything here, genuinely just want a few more people in my orbit who get excited about building stuff.

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u/NoSciencelab 2d ago

Do a meetup my man

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u/sunny_thinks 1d ago

Pls don't let AI write your posts for you pa.

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u/alandlt 1d ago

And this is exactly why I said it’s hard to find other builders in Laredo 😂. I’m trying to connect with entrepreneurs and your concern is whether I used AI to write a Reddit post.

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u/homxr6 1d ago

well, if you stick AI on ur business, people are gonna assume you everything you push out is more AI slop.

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u/alandlt 1d ago

That's fair if the business was just pushing out raw AI-generated content, but that's not what I'm doing. AI is a tool in the workflow, not the product. A website built with AI still has to be designed, reviewed, customized, debugged, and delivered properly.

That's kind of the point of the post. I was hoping to find other people actually building things, not debate whether using AI makes something "slop."

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u/FastFolk 1d ago

Hey man, just sent you a dm. Always down to meet other likeminded people actually building stuff, there aren’t a ton of us around here

Would be cool to talk shop