Developing ChefyMenu.com: The Future of Restaurant Menus.

Chefy Menu is a web app that lets restaurants generate digital menus instantly from images using AI. The goal was to remove the friction of manual menu creation and make onboarding as fast as possible.

Restaurants typically rely on static PDFs or manually entered menus, which are slow to update and painful to manage. Existing tools often require too much setup, leading to low adoption—especially for small businesses.

Implemented the system end-to-end, from initial architecture to production deployment, including AI integration, data modeling, and infrastructure.

AI pipeline: image → structured menu data (sections, items, pricing), with schema enforcement, parsing, and fallback handling for unreliable outputs

Domain model: Menu → Sections → Items, designed to support both generated and manually edited content, with future extensibility in mind

Editing experience: real-time UI with optimistic updates and deterministic reordering, balancing responsiveness with data integrity

Authentication & onboarding: email and Google auth, with a streamlined flow that minimizes friction and avoids redundant uploads

Billing system: Stripe integration covering plans, trials, webhooks, and subscription lifecycle management

Infrastructure: React + Remix application, Prisma + SQLite with LiteFS replication, deployed on Fly.io with clear separation of read/write paths

Chefy Menu reflects my approach to building products: start from first principles, keep the system simple, and focus on delivering real value quickly. From AI integration to infrastructure, every decision was made to balance reliability, performance, and user experience.