Alex Hsu

Alex Hsu

Indie developer and aspiring writer. Documenting my journey of personal growth and the pursuit of simplicity.

Projects

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MARU Japanese Learning App

An iOS app for learning Japanese with over 1 million downloads

Life Experiments

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Write one article every weekday for a month

Ongoing

Testing if I can maintain daily writing and whether it accelerates content growth and audience building.

10/13/2025 → 11/09/2025

Auto WiFi shutdown after 10 PM

Ongoing

A one-month experiment to test if turning off the internet at night improves sleep quality.

10/09/2025 → 11/09/2025

My Writing

Daily random post

10x productivity, 10x anxiety

Reflections after a year of using AI to boost efficiency: tools have improved, but expectations have improved faster.