alvinbuilds.com
Finance professional. Hobby builder.

Building things
one curiosity at a time.

On the weekdays, I work in finance and risk management. On the weekends, I tinker with building software — with the help of AI — just for the fun of it. No CS degree. No shortcuts. Just curiosity and a lot of iteration.

Projects

Real apps built for real problems — starting with a reading and quiz platform for my kids.

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Build Log

Honest write-ups about building with Claude Code — what worked, what broke, and what I learned.

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About

Engineer by training, finance by profession, builder by inclination. The unusual path that led here.

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Latest project

Read to Earn

A family reading platform where kids earn points by reading articles and answering AI-generated quizzes. Built entirely using Claude Code — no prior web development experience required.

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