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  • Still Hypnotized by Locomotives

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    I saved coins
    to buy a tiny train,
    a little obsession
    that never really left.

    3 decades later
    I bike through cities
    and still feel that pull
    steel, wheels, distance.

    The kid with the train
    is still here,
    just riding a bigger loop
    around the world.

  • My first customer brought me here

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    Three years ago, I was filled with anxiety. I didn’t know if anyone would ever be interested in my work. After six months of effort, all I really wanted was more time to make everything perfect, to have infinite time.

    I took a deep breath and thought:
    “Alright, Dieguito, it’s time to put your work out there.”

    And so, I published my first app for the world to see. I was excited about the possibility of those first customers. A day went by, then another, and…

    Someone very special made a purchase. It was another maker, an artist. Later, he stopped being just a customer and became a friend. I feel like my work inspired his dreams.

    Three years ago, I was insecure and anxious about whether my work would succeed. Even now, I still get butterflies. But that first customer gave me the courage to keep going and still fuels my belief that my work can inspire others’ dreams too.

    That first customer, artist, and friend is Alexandre Braz. This photo is the closest we’ve come to meeting in person. Our art connected us, and now I’m his customer, and I couldn’t be happier about it.

  • Where the land ends, the bridge begins. To the same land, to the same side.

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  • AppFigures Interview

    Let’s talk about my challenges at Youper in this special talk with Appfigures #AFTalks