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Luis Calvillo

iOS Developer & Tech Founder. Built ShredSpots (100K+ downloads, acquired 2021). Now building WhattaEat - a social food discovery app powered by short-form video. Created the App Canvas, a framework to improve an app's retention.


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Previously built ShredSpots, a skate spot discovery app that reached 100K+ downloads and was acquired. Now focused on building WhattaEat.

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Luis Calvillo builds community-driven apps focused on discovery and real-world experiences.

My previous app, ShredSpots, helped skaters find new places to skate and grew to over 100K downloads before being acquired.

He is currently building WhattaEat, a social food discovery platform where people decide what to eat through short-form videos and local recommendations.

Luis also created the App Canvas, a framework to increase an app's success rate by improving retention.

  1. WhattaEat

    Find a place to eat

    Present$0/mo
  2. ShredSpots

    Find Skate Spots

    Acquired 2021$0/mo

Recent activity

May 29, 2026created a post
Luis Calvillo on Building WhattaEat - Canvas Rebel
Mar 19, 2026created a post
Timeline: ShredSpots reaches 50k downloads (2020)
Mar 19, 2026created a post
Timeline: ShredSpots reaches 20k downloads (2020)
Mar 19, 2026created a post
Timeline: ShredSpots acquisition (2021)
Mar 19, 2026created a post
Timeline: Launching ShredSpots (2019)
Mar 16, 2026created a post
Why We Built WhattaEat
Mar 5, 2026created a post
We were featured on Hispanos Unidos!
Feb 16, 2026created a post
We got featured on VoyageLA! Read our startup's story
Dec 26, 2025created a post
Exciting news! Today is the official launch for WhattaEat 2.0 in the App Store!
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The four filter test I use to validate product ideas fast
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I Spent 6 Months Building for Indie Hackers. My First Real Customer Taught Me I Was Wrong.
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The leverage paradox
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Can you build in public without Twitter?
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Are you sure your application is ready to scale? (Test)
Nov 8, 2025commented on a post
Founders and Early Teams Don’t Just Build Startups — They Survive Them (Why I Built therappai)
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When You Should Go Beyond Vibe-Coding
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Why naming takes longer than building (and how I’m trying to fix it)

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