Independent builder · Lyon & Valencia
I build small
software products,
then get out of
their way.
I'm Ismael, a founder working on my own between Lyon and Valencia. Most of what I make is small: an SEO assistant, a tool that turns a rough idea into an MVP plan, a training log for jiu-jitsu. I lean on AI for the repetitive parts so a few of them can run at the same time without a team behind them.
I'd rather ship something unfinished and fix it in the open than plan it to death. Some find an audience; plenty don't. I keep the ones that earn it and learn from the rest.
Selected work
08 projectsSebora
Core — 2024Point it at a site and it drafts the content plan, writes the articles, and queues them for your CMS. You approve; it publishes.
MVPable
Main product — 2024Describe the thing you want to build and get a straight answer back: what to make first, which stack, and what to leave out for now.
OneMat
Ship — 2025A training log for jiu-jitsu. One focus per session, a quick note after rolling, cycles a few weeks long. Built it because I wanted it.
MVPable Studio
— 2024The done-for-you side of MVPable. A few production builds a month — real UX, architecture that holds up. Capped at three so each gets the attention.
MeloLingua
— 2024Learn a language by listening to short stories read by native speakers, with feedback on how you say things back. Spanish, French, German, Italian.
Superar
— 2025One place for coaches to capture leads, sell their programs, and follow up — instead of stitching five separate tools together.
Agence SEO IA
— 2024A French SEO agency that also works on getting you mentioned by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini — not only ranked on Google.
Nodash
— 2025Automation for small French businesses, built to take work off your plate rather than add another dashboard to check.
Morocco × BJJ
02 projectsSide projects, not products. I train jiu-jitsu (purple belt), and these are mostly about getting people onto the mats and out exploring Morocco.
MatnWave
— 2024Surf-and-jiu-jitsu weeks on the Moroccan coast. Small groups, hostel rhythm. Mostly an excuse to get grapplers in the same room and onto the mats.
BJJ Morocco
— 2024A map of gyms, camps, and training spots from the Atlas to the Atlantic, so people can plan a trip around actual training and find each other on the ground.
Now
- Onboarding the first users on Sebora and fixing whatever they run into.
- Testing OneMat with people at my gym before opening it up.
- Building sites like this one from a single prompt — a side project I call Astrofast.
- Training jiu-jitsu between Lyon and Valencia, and learning to surf and to draw.
UPDATED MARCH 2026
About
I've built Sebora, MVPable, MeloLingua, OneMat, and a few agencies and smaller tools. None of them are big. The thread is the same question each time: how much of this can run on its own?
In practice that's a lot of plumbing — research, copy, automations — and stepping in by hand wherever judgment matters more than speed. I'm based between Lyon and Valencia.
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