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Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis

Engineer, strategist, and co-founder at Torta Studios. I help other founders ship faster, scale smarter, and sidestep the traps that kill most startups before they get traction.

Our AI video editor still needs a human editor

Oct 8, 2026

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3 min read

Our AI video editor still needs a human editor

A 51-minute recording became a 3:50 story. Now I want to try different footage.

Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis
I built an AI video editing workflow. Our producer HATES it.

Oct 6, 2026

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3 min read

I built an AI video editing workflow. Our producer HATES it.

Our producer, who worked on Homeland and MasterChef hates my AI video-editing workflow.

Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis
Who cleans up after your AI Agents?

Sep 29, 2026

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2 min read

Who cleans up after your AI Agents?

We'd built a coding tool to avoid piles of slop, but when I found a flaw in it, I started questioning every line it had already let through.

Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis
We gave our bot autonomy. It lasted an hour.

Sep 24, 2026

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2 min read

We gave our bot autonomy. It lasted an hour.

Our slackbot had something to add to every exchange. Even when we were trying to get work done.

Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis
 Are you smarter than a fruit fly?

Sep 22, 2026

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1 min read

Are you smarter than a fruit fly?

We built an AI modeled after a fly’s neurons its own torta stand. It beat me at the game I built.

Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis
So, why a game about tortas?

Sep 15, 2026

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2 min read

So, why a game about tortas?

An idea from our first days as a company, a corner of Charlotte, and the chance to finally build it.

Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis
We disappeared for a year

Sep 14, 2026

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2 min read

We disappeared for a year

Torta Studios didn't shut down, but we got busy, changed how we build products, and accidentally launched a web game

Alan Corvalis
Alan Corvalis

The Proofing Room

Retention engineering insights from Torta Studios. Teardowns, guides, case studies, and our takes on what makes products stick.