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6 months of building BrainTrip solo. Here are the real numbers.
43,000 lines of code. 166 source files. 31 screens. 76 custom components. 22 custom hooks. 5 app versions shipped. All solo.
When you build alone, you wear every hat — developer, designer, marketer, QA, customer support, copywriter. There's no one to hand things off to.
Yesterday I shipped v1.5 — a full performance overhaul. I traced every button tap to find what was causing delay. Parallelized async calls. Built a remote feature flag system so I can kill a broken feature without waiting on an App Store review.
None of that came from a course. It came from users saying "this feels slow" and me refusing to leave it that way.
BrainTrip turns travel into a game — city trivia, AI itineraries, passport stamps, and multiplayer showdowns. Built with React Native, Supabase, and Claude AI.
The app isn't where I want it yet. But progress > perfection. Every time.
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I’m happy to take part in this challenge and share my project created with Google Stitch ❤️🔥
For this challenge, I designed a marketing landing page for a sleep improvement app that helps users build better sleep habits 😴
[𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄]I used Google Stitch throughout the whole design process:
- Imported my design system from Figma
- Added visual references
- Generated the first version of the interface with prompts
- Improved the content and layouts using AI edits
- Added animations and interactions to complete the experience
[𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱] In this project, I explored several Stitch features:
- Design imports
- AI editing
- Prompt-based UI generation
- Animations and motion
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🤩
I really enjoyed working with Stitch. The workflow felt intuitive and easy to understand, making it simple to move from ideas to polished screens. Creating and updating layouts was fast, and the AI-powered editing significantly accelerated the design process. I also appreciated how seamlessly Stitch worked with my existing design assets, allowing me to combine my design system with AI-generated concepts and iterate efficiently
Workflow Video (the same video as the one attached) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y1NIdNjLn1JM2S_s2wYpn0jR1nB-nyoj/view?usp=sharing
😇 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 😇
If you enjoyed this project and found the workflow demonstration valuable, I would greatly appreciate your support. Thank you for taking the time to review my submission ❤️
This is a great example of how AI can actually speed up the design process without replacing the designer’s vision.
Really like how you combined your own design system with Stitch’s AI capabilities instead of relying purely on generated outputs. The workflow feels practical, the...
3 hours.
3000 credits.
one terrible decision 😭
join @figma makeathon × @contra
get 3000 ai credits 😎
build one plan
2691 left
create one ui kit
2152 left
run the build
1831 left
output looks bad 😭
fix the ui kit
1256 left
"let me test it first"
836 left
finally ready to build
146 left 💀
asked figma for more credits
they told me to buy a plan 😭
13 days left in the hackathon
what now? 😭
Try to design it the old school way, and then use AI to build it into a working prototype/product. Will most likely take more time doing what you enjoy (if you enjoy designing), less time back and forth prompting to fix things (and burn credits).
Use any other AI you're paying...
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