Day 1: Growing Super X to $10,000 a Month While Traveling the World

I am kicking off a very public, very real journey. Five months ago, I quit my job, left my home in the UK and flew to Latin America to chase my dream of growing this startup, Super X, to $10,000 a month. I wanted a life where I build meaningful software, learn fast, and see the world while doing it. Right now I am in Medellin, Colombia, and we are at just over $1,000 a month. This is the starting line.

That number is both humbling and energizing. It means the product is real, people are paying, and there is momentum. It also means there is a long way to go. I am sharing the day-by-day because I want to show the full thing as it happens. The wins, misses, pivots, and everything in between.

Who I Am and Why I Packed My Life Into a Backpack

For those of you that don't know me, I'm Rob. I am a builder. I write code, ship product, and talk to users. Five months back, I looked at my comfortable job in the UK and realized I was learning slowly. I wanted to go faster. I wanted to bet on myself and see what would happen if I put all my focus into one thing that I believed in.

Leaving the UK was not a dramatic movie scene. It was a string of practical choices. Selling things I did not need. Saying goodbye to friends and family with a mix of nerves and excitement. Booking a one-way flight to Latin America because I had heard from other founders that the time zones are workable, the communities are strong, and the cost of living gives you longer runway. I wanted an environment that would push me to be scrappy and creative every single day.

Landing in Latin America felt like stepping into a new chapter. Everything is new when you arrive somewhere with a suitcase and a plan. I set up a tiny workstation, found a routine, and promised myself I would build in public. That is why you are reading this. This is my open notebook.

Medellin, Colombia - Building From a City With Energy

Right now I'm in Medellin, Colombia, and we are at just over $1,000 a month. Medellin has this buzz that is hard to describe until you feel it. The city is surrounded by green hills, the weather sits at spring-like temperatures, and there is a steady hum of scooters, cafes, and people on the move. It is the kind of place that makes you want to get things done.

In the mornings, cafes fill up with people building, studying, or meeting. You hear Spanish, English, Portuguese, and a dozen accents in one room. That mix helps. It reminds you that what you are building can reach far beyond your street. I walk to a coffee shop, open the laptop, and it is game on. The goal is clear: get Super X to $10,000 a month.

What Super X Actually Does

For those of you that don't know, Super X is a tool that helps you grow faster on X, helping you generate content ideas, schedule content and engage with your community. I built it for people who want a clean, focused workflow that takes them from idea to post to conversation without bouncing between five tabs. If you are a creator, a founder, a marketer, or just someone who wants to be consistent on X, this is for you.

The Core Workflow

• Idea generation: spark angles, prompts, and content hooks so you never open a blank editor and freeze.
• Scheduling: write when you are in the zone, then line up posts so they go out when your audience is awake and active.
• Engagement: surface replies, mentions, and conversations that actually matter so you can build relationships, not just impressions.

In practice, this looks like opening Super X, dropping in a rough thought, and getting a set of variations and supporting examples you can shape into your voice. It looks like batching a week's worth of posts in one sitting, then letting the scheduler do its thing while you work, sleep, or move through airports. It looks like a simple daily list of people you want to engage with so you can answer, thank, debate, and learn in public.

I care about speed and clarity. No fluff. No heavy dashboards that make you feel like you need a certification to use the product. The goal is to help you show up on X with consistency and quality, then keep the conversation going.

You can try it out here : Super X

Yesterday Was Wild: I Shipped AI Shield

Yesterday was a crazy day because I just released a new feature called the AI Shield, which detects AI generated content. This came from something I kept hearing and feeling myself. A lot of people on X are sick of AI generated content flooding their feeds. You scroll and you can almost smell the sameness. It reads like a blender of tips and threads that never touched a real human experience.

AI Shield looks at a post and tells you if it is likely AI generated. That is useful for anyone trying to filter the noise, but it is also useful for creators who want to keep themselves honest. If you write something and the tool screams that it looks like it was churned out by a bot, that is a prompt to add a story, a detail, or a point of view. It nudges you toward real.

Here is the irony. We are building into Super X also AI generation features to help you write content using AI. That sounds like a conflict until you zoom in on how I think about it. The perspective I'm coming at it with Super X is AI can be a really good tool to help you take good content and good ideas and turn it into great content. It is like an editor sitting next to you saying try this phrasing, add this example, tighten this line. Used that way, it is a multiplier.

But the problem right now is people are taking really bad content and bad ideas and trying to turn it into good content using AI. This doesn't work and ends up creating AI slop that people hate. You can feel it. Posts that stack cliches, dodge specifics, and smooth everything until there is no edge left. AI Shield is not about policing creativity. It is about raising a hand when something smells like mass-produced paste and saying add a human layer here.

How I Expect People To Use It

• As a reader: quickly sense check if a post feels machine-made so you can focus on real conversations.
• As a creator: draft with AI if you want, then run the post through AI Shield and tweak until it reflects your voice and experience.
• As a team: keep brand feeds from turning into a stream of lookalike posts that erode trust with your audience.

Imagine two versions of the same idea. Version one is a vague post about productivity with six overused tips and no story. Version two opens with a quick slice of your morning, the exact moment you almost bailed on your plan, and the one tweak that got you back on track. AI can help punch up version two. It cannot save version one. That is the line I care about.

Why People Are Tired Of AI Slop

There is a real mood shift on X. At first, everyone was excited by the novelty. You could spin up threads on anything in seconds. Then the feed started to feel like a grey fog. Same structures, same claims, same five takeaways dressed in slightly different words. When every post reads like it was assembled from a kit, you stop trusting. You stop engaging. You scroll past.

People are sick of AI generated content flooding their feeds because it wastes attention. It feels like a hallway full of people saying the same thing all at once. What we want is texture. We want a voice, a specific frame, a lived example. That is why I shipped AI Shield. It is one tool in a bigger push toward quality and realness. I want Super X to reward the folks who do the work, not just the ones who run the loudest template.

The Launch Went Kinda Viral

Since I released this new AI Shield feature, we've gotten over 100,000 views on X. It went kind of viral and in fact, we're still in private beta. Seeing that many eyeballs in a day is wild. Your phone lights up. Mentions stack. DMs show up from power users, skeptics, and curious lurkers. Some people cheer because they want cleaner feeds. Some push back because they worry about false positives. That mix is healthy. It means the thing matters.

Numbers are not the whole story, but they are a signal. 100,000 views tells me the problem resonates. The replies tell me where the edges are. I save the sharpest comments, run tests, and adjust. Going viral once is nice. Turning attention into a product people stick with is the real job.

Still Private Beta - Lots To Tighten Up

We are still in private beta. That means I am shaping the product with a smaller group before opening the gates. It lets me ship quickly, fix things the same day, and keep a close loop with people who are using it for real work. The goal is stability, clarity, and a smooth path from first login to first win.

What I Need To Do Before Going Live

• Polish the AI Shield interface so it explains itself in plain language and gives clear next steps.
• Dial in detection thresholds so the alerts are useful, not noisy. Less false alarm, more signal.
• Improve onboarding with examples, short walkthroughs, and a simple first project so new users get a quick win.
• Stress test scheduling and engagement flows to make sure they hold up when people post at scale.
• Write docs that feel human. Short, specific, and loaded with screenshots and real scenarios.

I have a lot of work to do before getting it live and marketing like crazy. Marketing like crazy does not mean spray and pray. It means showing the product in action, telling real stories, and meeting users where they are. Live demos. Tiny case studies. Clear before and afters. If I do that well, the right people will find it and stick around.

My Rule For Using AI In Content

The perspective I'm coming at it with Super X is simple. AI can be a really good tool to help you take good content and good ideas and turn it into great content. It is not a fix for weak thinking. Start with a truth, a story, or a sharp point of view. Then use AI like a craft knife. Trim, iterate, and refine until the post hits cleanly.

Here is a quick contrast I use in my head:

• Good to great: you wrote a personal lesson about shipping a feature under pressure. AI helps tighten sentences, propose a hook, and suggest a stronger close. The result still sounds like you, just sharper.
• Bad to good: you feed in a vague prompt like write a thread about productivity tips. AI spits out a list you have seen 100 times. You post it anyway. That is how AI slop happens.

Super X will give you both sides of the coin. Generation to help you move fast when you have something to say. Detection to keep quality high and your voice intact. That balance is the point.

Day One In The Books

Day one is me planting a flag. We are at just over $1,000 a month. The target is $10,000 a month. I am in Medellin with a laptop, a small backpack, and a focused plan. Yesterday was a crazy day with the AI Shield launch. Today is about channeling that energy into fixes, follow ups, and a steady rhythm of building and talking to users.

What To Expect Next

The roadmap is clear. Keep shaping Super X so it helps you generate better ideas, schedule smarter, and engage deeper. Keep AI honest with AI Shield so we cut through the fog and elevate real voices. Keep shipping daily, learning publicly, and steering this thing toward $10,000 a month while I keep moving through places that give me energy to build.

If you have been following along, thank you. If you are new here, welcome. I am keeping this raw and real. See you tomorrow for day two.