AI-Powered Smart Pantry Manager

Modern families face a dual challenge: managing household food waste and controlling rising grocery costs. They lack an efficient system to track inventory, monitor expiry dates, and understand their spending habits. On top of that, staying informed about food safety recalls is a manual and often overlooked task, creating unnecessary health risks.

As the Lead AI & Full-Stack Developer, I orchestrated the entire project from concept to deployment. My responsibilities included:

Architecting the serverless backend

Developing a custom AI agent with the OpenAI API

Building the cross-platform mobile application

Designing a responsive, real-time database schema for multi-user collaboration

The vision was to create an intelligent, all-in-one kitchen assistant for families. Key objectives were:

Automate Inventory: Minimize manual data entry with AI-powered product recognition

Reduce Waste: Alert users about expiring products and provide actionable insights

Provide Financial Clarity: Offer detailed spending analysis and visualizations

Enhance Collaboration & Safety: Enable seamless multi-user management and deliver real-time food safety alerts via push notifications

Meal transforms household management by turning tedious chores into an automated, intelligent experience:

Delivers financial savings by reducing spoilage and tracking grocery budgets

Saves time and effort with AI-driven scanning and automated tracking

Provides peace of mind through centralized grocery management and real-time food safety alerts

Establishes itself as an essential household utility for modern families

The application was built on a sophisticated AI-centric stack for scalability, real-time performance, and premium UX.

OpenAI Integration: Custom AI agent leveraging the OpenAI API for computer vision (product recognition from photos) and ingredient list analysis

Third-Party APIs: Food data APIs for product details, nutritional info, expiry estimates, and live food safety news

Keywords: AI Agent, OpenAI API, Computer Vision, Data Aggregation, Machine Learning

FlutterFlow & Custom Flutter: Prototyped in FlutterFlow, then migrated to custom Flutter for advanced UI/UX, smooth animations, and complex data visualizations

Keywords: Custom Flutter Development, Advanced UI/UX, Data Visualization, State Management, Cross-Platform (iOS/Android)

Firebase Suite: Comprehensive serverless backend

Cloud Functions: Node.js functions handling AI calls, financial processing, and scheduled tasks

Firestore: NoSQL schema designed for multi-device, multi-user, real-time inventory syncing

Push Notifications (FCM): Expiry reminders, low-stock alerts, and urgent food safety warnings

Keywords: Serverless Architecture, Cloud Functions, Real-time Database, Push Notifications, Collaborative Apps