Projects using Descript in LisbonProjects using Descript in LisbonAs a marketer and business owner, I know one thing: in 2026, if your business doesn't have both a website and at least one social platform, it feels a bit sus... 😒
That’s why for this challenge it took me less than a minute to choose my favorite local spot: Coffee Village, an eclectic, quirky coffee shop in Palmela that serves the most amazing cappuccinos and cheesecakes 🤤
But...despite their incredible charm and delicious treats, their online presence wasn't doing them justice - hence why I decided to give them the digital home they deserve ✨
🟥 BEFORE BASE44
They had no website whatsoever, and their custom cake orders were completely scattered across a landline phone, Facebook messages, and Instagram DMs. Managing this during holiday rushes like Christmas and Easter must've been CRAZY 😵💫
🟩 AFTER BASE44
I built a fully responsive, bilingual (PT/EN) website that both reflects their unique decor - including their signature wall stripes and dark wood tables - and speaks directly to the audience they're trying to attract!
You can see it for yourself 👉 https://coffeevillage.base44.app
As for that cake order situation...that's where the automation came in! I built a streamlined cake order system, so customers can submit their orders in one centralized place. The backend workflow automatically:
👉 Triggers an instant email confirmation to the customer.
👉 Sends a structured email summary directly to the owner.
I'm handing the site over to the owner tomorrow and can't wait to see their reaction!!!
Next up on my to-do list? Bringing my professional camera to the shop to shoot even better photos and videos for them, both of the space and the food & drinks!
Here's to helping local businesses glow! 🥂 As a social media marketer, I hit the same wall constantly: brilliant small businesses want to create scroll-stopping video content, but they don't quite have the budget for a full-scale monthly marketing retainer yet.
Instead of turning them away, I decided to productize my strategy.
Just finished building Springboard - a mobile AI Creative Director app that generates un-boring, high-retention post concepts on demand.
The Tech & Build:
📱 Built entirely on Bubble’s native mobile builder
🤖 Powered by the Anthropic (Claude) API to deliver visual scripts, dynamic hooks, and a creative twist
💳 Built-in a paywall strategy (after 3 free idea tokens, you get the option to choose a weekly/monthly premium subscription tier to generate endless ideas)
The Future Strategy:
This isn't just a prototype. I’m taking this all the way to the App Stores!! My goal is to continuously feed it my own marketing data, up-to-date trends, and working hooks into the backend as I learn them, making this the ultimate offer for clients who want elite strategy at a fraction of the cost.
Feel free to share your thoughts or any feature ideas in the comments!
PS: app name is Springboard and I believe ID is hello-76775 As creative freelancers, our best work often finds itself buried in a desktop portfolio folder because we are simply too busy - or too tired - to do outreach and pitch ourselves (please tell me I'm not alone in this!)
The Momentum Machine changes that.
Built entirely on Melius, this interactive, multi-agent workspace takes your raw, messy project assets (images, videos, text, or analytics screenshots) and instantly transforms them into a compounding business development ecosystem. Instead of tackling projects individually, it builds a "snowball effect" where one client effortlessly generates the next.
🔗 Melius Project Link: https://app.melius.com/projects/8d06081b-be00-4f6d-9bb9-dff7d2fe9120/canvas/68c66aba-2fa1-48b9-a594-44bfd48c9c58
You can watch the video to see how it works in the backend and the thought process behind it, but essentially it goes like this:
⭐ The freelancer drops their project files (e.g., product photos, a text testimonial, or a cropped screenshot of analytics).
⭐ Node A uses advanced data extraction and OCR to scan the uploads, extracting any key metrics or features of your work.
⭐ Node B infers the creative style and outputs 5 to 10 complementary, non-competing industries that could be a good fit for you.
⭐ Node C weaves the raw data into a high-conversion marketing narrative structure: Hook ➔ Struggle ➔ Aha! Moment ➔ Hero Stat ➔ Closed Loop.
⭐ And then the final outputs: a case study, cold email pitch draft (to pitch those complementary industries we identified in node B), a Contra portfolio entry, and a video script to promote your work. PLUS a bonus Contra portfolio cover and a b-roll video in case you don't feel like being on camera for any reason.
PS: building this on Melius was incredibly intuitive - my favorite feature by far being how the agents interact with you in chat during the creative build - instead of just giving a generic output, they prompted me with intelligent follow-up questions with multiple choice answers to fill in the strategic blanks. It genuinely feels like collaborating with a sharp creative partner rather than just using a tool. Turning a long-form podcast into a high-converting trailer 🎬
I took this deep-dive episode from the When Shift Happens podcast featuring entrepreneur Berwin Tanko and distilled it into a fast-paced, high-retention vertical video.
The goal? Hook the viewer in the first 3 seconds, retain them with a personal story, and deliver a smooth transition into the guest's business value proposition - and ofc, making them want to watch the full episode!!
Instead of just clipping a random "good talking point", I mapped out a distinct storytelling framework for this 90-second bit:
🪝 The emotional hook: started with raw, relatable vulnerability - working 100-hour weeks, being $100K in debt, and surviving on factory bread after a $120 date. This immediately builds relatability and high stakes.
🧠 The authority shift: introduced the guest's massive credibility (Nasdaq listing at 21, managing a half-billion-dollar real estate portfolio) right when the audience is fully invested in his "broke" backstory.
🙋 The "what's in it for me?" value: moved into the practical pitch - how viewers can use his platform to invest in real estate with just $100.
💥 The final mindset takeaway: ended on an inspiring note about work ethic, leaving the audience feeling motivated and primed to check out the full episode.
As for execution, I made sure to include dynamic visual pacing, combining clean, punchy kinetic text overlays with context-specific b-roll to keep the viewer visually stimulated.
This is one of my favorite things to do - finding the hidden golden threads in a massive block of raw footage and weaving them into a snackable piece of content that ACTUALLY drives traffic. As freelancers, I think we can all agree that we're here to do the work, not to spend all day chasing client approvals and wondering what we should do next. Am I right?
So that was pretty much the inspiration behind my project for this challenge. I wanted something every freelancer out there could take and, within five minutes, make it their own and have something that makes both their lives easier and the clients' experience much more premium.
On your end as the freelancer, you get a project management system that organizes all the moving pieces of being a freelancer.
Client side, they get an easy way to check on project process and approvals, and overall just something that feels like a carefully crafted experience rather than just another Trello board.
What's more is you can actually fully white label it, adding your own logo, your brand name, your colors, everything. It looks like something you've built for yourself and nobody else.
Think of this as your very own white canvas. You can do anything with it. Literally, the sky is the limit here.
Here's the link to check it out: https://freelanceproject.created.app Gamifying client reports with AI ✨
As a social media marketer, I spend hours every month translating data into "pretty" reports, only for them to get buried in a client’s inbox. And if the client doesn't see the data, they don't see the value I'm bringing to the table.
So I decided to use Morphic to turn dry Instagram analytics into a "Spotify Wrapped" style arcade experience. By gamifying the reporting process, I’m not just saving time - I’m increasing client engagement and proving ROI in a way they actually enjoy watching.
The workflow:
🕹️ Step 1: you upload raw Instagram screenshots and Morphic extracts the data into a table, ready for human revision
🕹️ Step 2: after you give it the green light on the data, it'll run a custom equation I built to calculate the MVP (Most Valuable Post), based on weighing high-value actions like shares (10x) and saves (7x) over vanity metrics like likes
🕹️ Step 3: to get the best video results, Morphic starts by generating images of each slide, both with the given data, and some "zero-ed out" copies - this allows the AI to animate the data much more accurately
🕹️ Step 4: after you approve the images, it'll put it together into 5 separate animations, as you can see in the example below
...et voilá! You got yourself something that took you way less time and is much more engaging - both for you AND the client!
Try it out for yourself: https://www.morphic.com/en/workflows/019da770-f36c-746b-af65-e446bcfa3ef9/instagram-analytics-arcade-slides Meet AURIC: turning anxious thoughts into 3D art
As a former art student living with anxiety, I’ve always found traditional journaling a bit daunting. So I wanted to build a sanctuary for the "thought dump" - a place where you can clear your mind and never look back.
AURIC is built 100% in Omma by Spline, and it doesn't just prompt you to write - it turns it into a unique, abstract watercolor relic.
Some of its key features include:
The "focus" UI: the interface provides daily prompts (with a re-roll feature), and when you start typing, the UI subtly fades away, leaving you alone with your thoughts.
The emotion assessment: once submitted, the app pulls the emotional tone and themes from your text to generate a specific watercolor palette.
The release: this isn't a database; it’s a release - once you hit submit, you cannot go back to read the full entry ever again - you are left with the art as a visual memory that represents your past without letting it define your future.
Interactiveness: using Omma’s 3D states, users can zoom into the abstract artwork and discover new things as they dive deeper - first, you'll see the individual characters you typed, and if you lean in closer, you’ll find a few fleeting words - the only fragments of the memory you get to keep.
Try it for yourself: https://omma.build/bjcj05wy69s
PS: I need your help! I recently evolved the final artwork from a structured geometric look to this abstract watercolor style. But which one do you like the best? Check the video for the comparison and let me know in the comments! Say hello to Pitching Pat, and goodbye to wasting hours each day applying to jobs! 🤩
Every freelancer faces the same thing: when you’re fully booked, you don’t have time to pitch - and when your projects end, you’re left with an empty pipeline and a "cold start" problem.
Pitching is the most critical part of freelancing, yet it’s often the first thing to be neglected 😬
The solution: Pitching Pat - a Notion Custom Agent designed to turn that pitching grind into a quick, seamless process.
How it works:
The freelance brain 🧠: a centralized "source of truth" where the user inputs their services, portfolio, ideal clients, and unique brand voice.
The leads database: you drop in the job descriptions (via the save to Notion extension, or manually).
Pitching Pat: she cross-references the job against its brain to rate the job fit from 1-10, and if it scores 5+, she drafts a pitch that sounds exactly like you ✨
Impact: saves freelancers several hours a week by removing the "blank page" friction of filtering through and applying to jobs.
Reliability: by grounding the Agent in a specific "brain" page, it eliminates AI hallucinations and ensures every pitch is backed by REAL portfolio results ✅
Craft: designed for a "low-friction" setup - no complex third-party automations required - it’s a self-contained Notion ecosystem.
Durability: whether you’re a video editor today or a copywriter tomorrow, you simply update the "brain" page and the system evolves with your business 🙌
PS: the agent hasn't been approved yet, been going back and forth with Notion on some details, and currently waiting their response, but this is the link: https://www.notion.so/agent/331eb5f7-8d81-80ce-8157-009266613a90
