The Problem
Travelers often struggle to maintain their fitness routines and healthy eating habits while traveling, lacking personalized guidance for their specific destinations and available resources.
The Solution
Built a comprehensive travel fitness app that provides AI-powered, location-aware workout and meal planning with real-time tracking capabilities and cultural cuisine integration.
Challenges & Approach
- Creating an intuitive multi-step onboarding flow with complex form validation
- Implementing persistent state management for offline capability
- Designing a responsive workout session interface with timer functionality
- Integrating regional cuisine data for personalized meal suggestions
- Building complex animations while maintaining 60fps performance
- Handling complex nested state updates for workout progress tracking
Technical Decisions
Zustand for state management
Lightweight alternative to Redux with excellent TypeScript support and simpler boilerplate for complex state
Framer Motion for animations
Provides declarative animations with layout animations and gesture support crucial for mobile interactions
Next.js App Router
Latest routing system with improved performance and better developer experience for modern React patterns
TypeScript with Zod validation
Ensures type safety throughout the app and provides runtime validation for user inputs
shadcn/ui component system
Provides consistent, accessible components while allowing full customization and brand integration
Key Learnings
- Complex state management requires careful architecture planning from the start
- Mobile-first design is crucial for fitness and travel applications
- User onboarding flow significantly impacts overall app adoption
- Performance optimization is critical for animation-heavy applications
- Persistent storage strategies need to handle edge cases gracefully
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Iron Works Gym
Complete website redesign and migration from Squarespace to a custom Next.js application for a local Seattle-area fitness center.
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