Eva Matova

Eva Matova

Building products end-to-end

About

👋 Hi, I'm Eva! Co-founder & Product Engineer @ Alevit, building a privacy-first AI-native mobile app from zero with one teammate. Previously a senior engineer on an AI-powered B2B platform, where I architected the real-time WebSocket layer and partnered closely with design and product. Why: most AI apps quietly assume your data belongs on someone else's servers. We're exploring local LLMs and on-device processing, so personal stays personal. Currently heads-down, building, talking to users, shaping the product. Here to meet anyone building something interesting. Especially keen on AI-native founders, people working with local LLMs, and anyone thinking about what "AI for one person" really means. Find me on LinkedIn or GitHub. 🤝

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12d ago

How do you market your product as a solo developer?

How do you handle marketing when you're a developer?

I've noticed that for me, building the product is actually the easy part. I can spend hours working on features, fixing bugs, improving the UX, etc. But once I have something I'm happy with, I have to switch gears and start thinking about marketing, content, social media, getting users, etc. And honestly, that's the part I struggle with the most.

I'm curious how other developers/solo makers handle this.

Do you start thinking about marketing while you're building, or only once you have something ready?

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2mo ago

🎨 Do solo makers need a UI/UX designer?

For solo makers, wearing every hat is almost unavoidable - developer, marketer, support, product and often designer too.

AI makes this even easier now. You can generate UI pretty quickly, but a lot of products end up relying on consistent, polished AI-generated solutions rather than something truly unique or thoughtfully designed for their specific product.

So I m curious:

Do you design the UI/UX yourself when building solo?

How I Managed to Reach #2 Product of the Day as a Solo Founder Competing Against Bigger Teams 🚀

Hey everyone, Elitza here, founder of own.page

A few days ago, own.page reached #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.

As a solo founder competing against products backed by much larger teams, this wasn't something I expected - but it was something I was determined to achieve. There were moments during the launch when I thought it would be incredibly difficult.

But this incredible community showed up.

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