Alec Espiritu · Front-end developer

From sketchto screen.

I’m a front-end developer who builds fast, polished sites in React, Next.js and TypeScript, with a touch of my own design flair.

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Level 7

Glimpse

A $20 gift website. You plan the moments, and each one unlocks on the day.

  1. Plan the dayThe itinerary: times, places and a note for each moment.
  2. Find real spotsSearch a city or zip and add places with their hours in one tap.
  3. They open itEach moment unlocks at the time you set, with a 15-minute countdown before it.
Read the case study Visit glimpse.gift Founder, design + full-stack
Glimpse homepage with a birthday itinerary on a phone
Glimpse place search: Austin, TX results with hours and an add button
The finished gift: Sarah's Birthday itinerary with moments unlocking
Glimpse on a phone
Level 4

Margaritas Proposal

A redesign concept for a Sunnyvale taqueria that just moved from a truck into its own restaurant.

  • Gets the site into Google. Today's site is set to stay hidden from search.
  • Puts the full menu online, instead of only on DoorDash.
  • Built for phones: tap to call, directions, a live "Open now" badge, and 2.3x faster loading on a phone.
Read the case study Proposal · redesign conceptShowing today's site
Proposed Margaritas Taqueria homepageMargaritas Taqueria's current website, a generic services template
Proposed Margaritas site on a phone
Proposed Birrieria Neza homepageProposed Birrieria Neza menu page with prices
Proposed Neza site on a phone
Level 3

Neza Proposal

A first website concept for a busy San Jose birria truck that has none today.

  • Gives the truck a site to show on Google, where its listing has no website.
  • Puts the menu and prices online. Today they live only on the board at the truck.
  • Clear hours and one name across Google, Yelp and Instagram.
Read the case study Proposal · new site conceptShowing the menu page
Level 2

The workshop

DirectoryAfter hours
  • LLM WorkstationPrivate local AI on a Mac Studio.
  • Image StudioMy own image generator on that Mac: 22 design styles, exact on-image text, refine, upscale and animate.
  • Glimpse DashboardA private ops dashboard for Glimpse: GA4 numbers and database cleanup in one place.
  • Ops DisplayLive Glimpse analytics on a touchscreen ESP32-S3.
  • ContainmentA zombie tactics game, played from outside the building.
Level 1 · About

Hi, I’m Alec.

I’m a front-end developer. Most of what’s in this building started as something I wanted to exist, so I built it.

I also build my own products, like Glimpse and Drinky-Drink, and take on a few client builds as UNCRWN. After hours I’m usually running AI models on my own machine.

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Got something worth building?

I take on a few client builds at a time.

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