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Evora on the Move

Hi there!

My name is Vicente, and I’m on a path that includes the $10K MRR milestone on it.

This is where I document my journey, and when I do reach that goal, it’ll be the blueprint.

I’d love to share my journey with you!👇

About me

My name is Vicente Évora. I’m 22, born and raised in Portugal, currently finishing my Master’s in Architecture while juggling a part-time job and building something of my own on the side. Sleep is… optional at this point.

That something is Letterly, a SaaS I’m developing to help newsletter creators grow faster without relying on paid channels. It started as an idea, turned into a project, and now it’s somewhere between “this is exciting” and “what have I gotten myself into”.

I’ve always been drawn to tech, sport, and gaming, even if I barely have time for the last one these days. My gaming skills are currently frozen in time, but I like to believe they’ll still be there when I come back.

I like building things, testing ideas, and pushing myself a little further than feels comfortable, even when it means figuring things out the hard way more often than I’d like to admit.

My goal is simple, but not easy: to become financially free before 25. Not in a flashy way, just having the freedom to choose how I live, where I am, and what I work on, without money being the constraint. Basically, buying time back (and an awesome car).

At the end of it all, I just want to be able to look back and think: you did something meaningful and you became someone you’re proud of.

Ideally without too many “why did I do that” moments along the way.

Articles

I almost didn't write this

Sep 5, 2026

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2 min read

I almost didn't write this

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Half the users weren't

Aug 28, 2026

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2 min read

Half the users weren't

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
I gave my AI a lobotomy

Aug 19, 2026

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2 min read

I gave my AI a lobotomy

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Nobody else does this yet

Aug 13, 2026

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2 min read

Nobody else does this yet

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
8 months later. and it FINALLY happened

Aug 4, 2026

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2 min read

8 months later. and it FINALLY happened

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
178 clicks and not a single sale

Jul 28, 2026

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1 min read

178 clicks and not a single sale

The ads did their job. My landing page didn't.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Letterly isn't just a repurposing tool anymore

Jul 20, 2026

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1 min read

Letterly isn't just a repurposing tool anymore

I gave people a blank canvas. And someone else's writing brain.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
I built the thing that was scaring people off

Jul 12, 2026

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1 min read

I built the thing that was scaring people off

61 new faces, and I finally fixed the confusion.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
My app is leaking and my users are lost

Jun 29, 2026

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1 min read

My app is leaking and my users are lost

Two gaps. Neither one is the user's fault.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
The problem was never the code

Jun 23, 2026

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1 min read

The problem was never the code

Turns out I was the bottleneck.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
4 platforms. 100M credits. One very tired founder

Jun 10, 2026

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2 min read

4 platforms. 100M credits. One very tired founder

This newsletter is late because I spent the week buried in code. Worth it. Letterly now posts to Threads and Facebook, I found a way around Meta's verification nightmare, and I set roughly 100M Bolt credits on fire doing it.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
A week of thinking instead of shipping

Jun 1, 2026

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2 min read

A week of thinking instead of shipping

I barely touched the codebase. Instead I spent the week figuring out which platform to build next, talking to nobody (allegedly), and accidentally making an ad I'm proud of.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Chaotic week, but the images finally look good

May 24, 2026

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3 min read

Chaotic week, but the images finally look good

Not much got done, but the two things that did make the images way less ugly. I'll take it.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
I shipped two features while my thesis was kicking my ass

May 18, 2026

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2 min read

I shipped two features while my thesis was kicking my ass

Slower week, but community posting on X is live, AI images with brand identity are in, and somehow I'm still standing.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Real users, real bugs, real momentum

May 10, 2026

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3 min read

Real users, real bugs, real momentum

I sent a lot of cold DMs, fixed a lot of bugs I didn't know existed, and somehow 11 people are now using Letterly. Wild week.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
real users: 1, fake testimonials: 0

May 3, 2026

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2 min read

real users: 1, fake testimonials: 0

I spent the week fixing invisible things, admitted the testimonials are fake, and started begging people to use my app. Progress.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Not every week is a banger

Apr 27, 2026

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1 min read

Not every week is a banger

Sometimes the week just gets away from you. Here's what still got done and what's coming next.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Okay, Letterly is actually getting good

Apr 19, 2026

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2 min read

Okay, Letterly is actually getting good

A lot happened this week. The agent got smarter, the pricing got simpler, and I'm one step closer to an app that just runs without you.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
Agentic Letterly is coming along nicely

Apr 12, 2026

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3 min read

Agentic Letterly is coming along nicely

New moat, better app structure and more clarity overall + a quick strategy for clarity you can implement.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora
The great 2026 reset

Apr 5, 2026

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3 min read

The great 2026 reset

Big changes, updates and what's going on with my life.

Vicente Évora
Vicente Évora

My Weekly Notes

Weekly insights, lessons, and chaos from a founder building mid-flight to $1M MRR.

© 2026 My Notes to $10K.
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