What I'm doing now

Updated · Luxembourg / Rome

A living snapshot of what I'm building, creating, and learning right now — updated whenever my focus genuinely changes.

Building

  • PairHabit

    Just launched on the App Store. A couples habit tracker with shared micro-habits and reward stakes. Now iterating on onboarding and first-week retention with the first couples.

  • Kikko

    AI parenting assistant for schedules and school communication. Live on web — the iOS app is next on the build list.

  • BizarreChat

    AI chat with celebrities and historical figures, genuinely weird on purpose. In iOS beta, pushing toward public launch.

  • Fatto

    Next in the build-in-public cycle. The landing page is live and the waitlist is open — scoping it in the open.

Creating

  • Second-Act Builders

    The Substack newsletter for 40+ professionals building AI products alongside careers and families. Field reports, playbooks, honest numbers — every other Thursday.

  • Building in public

    Daily progress on X (@LucaCaponeX), plus LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and Reddit.

Learning

  • Deeper agentic workflows with Claude Code

    Skills, subagents, and automation to ship faster in two-hour evening windows.

  • Swift and SwiftUI

    Moving new iOS builds native after shipping the first apps with React Native. The Kikko iOS app is the proving ground.

  • App Store launches

    ASO, review, and launch mechanics — learned live through the PairHabit release.

Reading

  • AI Demystified — Antonio Weiss

    Sharpening the mental models behind the tools I use every day.

  • $100M Offers — Alex Hormozi

    How to make offers so good people feel stupid saying no. Applying it to how I package and price my products.

Open to

  • Fellow second-act builders

    If you're 40+ and building in the margins, my inbox is open: hello@lucacapone.io.

  • Podcast and newsletter collabs

    Happy to talk about non-technical founders shipping real software with AI.

  • PairHabit and Kikko feedback

    Using them? Tell me what's broken and what's working.

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