Hi, I’m Diego Dotta

Maker and rider of the chaos from ideation to iteration. Building in public.

  • Tiny Games, Big Feelings

    Everything actually started when I played Loneliness. What a strange, quiet punch of a game. I wasn’t expecting much (it’s just little squares on a white screen) but somehow it managed to pull more emotions out of me in two minutes than most AAA games do in…

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Build Log

A living trail of things I’m building, breaking, or pretending to finish.

Smart Keys

Fix grammar and translate in one tap. For iOS Keyboard and MacOS Shortcuts.

Tiny URL Games

Ridiculously small games that run in your browser’s URL address bar.

Air Fiesta

A multiplayer game where you discover hidden gems around the real world.

Youper

Your Emotional Health Assistant designed to help you feel your best.

See the full log

This is where I track the chaos, one sprint, stumble, and saddle-up at a time.

Open Goals

2025

Make Smart Keys Profitable

Bootstrapping isn’t sustainable if it keeps eating into my lunch money. It’s time to turn downloads into dollars.

Write once a week

Because great ideas don’t write themselves. A weekly ritual to clear my mind, share my journey, and occasionally make sense of the chaos.

Read 101 Books

Picture books to meditate, graphic novels to escape, and everything else to keep me from doomscrolling Instagram.

Exercise every day

Slow cyclist, amateur bird watcher, bookworm with running shoes, and occasional bug magnet. Just trying to keep moving.

Level Up to Beginning Korean II

I can’t let the Duolingo owl haunt my dreams forever. Learning Hangul one 글자 (geulja) at a time, and falling in love with how beautifully it all fits together.

  • Listening

    Music should be one of the essential elements of human life. ᕕ(⌐■_■)ᕗ ♪♬

    These artists and channels help me get into the flow mode while coding or endurance high while cycling: Radio Paradise, Flavour Trip, HANA, Book Club, KEXP.

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