Lilliac — A Tinder-style hiring marketplace built with Stitch

I spent the last few days building Lilliac from scratch using Google Stitch — a two-sided freelance hiring platform where companies swipe through talent and freelancers swipe through projects. When both sides say yes, it's a match.

Here's what's inside:

— Full swipe deck with hero images and expandable portfolio cards — Two completely separate user modes, hiring and freelancer, with no crossover — Match celebration screen with both sides connected — Team builder to manage hired freelancers per project — 30+ screens including onboarding, chat, notifications, settings, billing and more — Animated splash screen, consistent design system throughout

How I used Stitch

Everything was designed and prototyped in Stitch. I used Gemini Pro to generate screens iteratively — starting with the core swipe flow, then building out both user journeys, then layering in auxiliary screens. The back-and-forth with the model to fix navigation, wire interactions, and maintain design consistency across 30+ screens was the real workflow.

What worked:

The speed of going from concept to prototype is genuinely impressive. Describing a screen in plain language and seeing it rendered in seconds changed how I think about early-stage product design. The design quality out of the box is higher than I expected.

What I'd improve:

Cross-screen state management is something I had to work around carefully, especially keeping two user modes completely separate. More control over component-level wiring would make complex prototypes significantly more reliable.

Try it here: (best on mobile!)

https://lilliac-814153272946.europe-west2.run.app

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