A Builder in New Orleans: When Your Vibecoded App Comes on Vacation
First day on Bourbon Street, and my sister and I had the most important question of the trip: where are we going to eat? It should have been easy. Between the two of us, we had added sixty-eight restaurants, bars, cafés, and attractions to Le Voyage , a travel-planning app I vibecoded the better part of a year earlier. We were standing in the middle of the French Quarter, surrounded by food,…
My sister and I found ourselves standing in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter, overwhelmed by the multitude of dining options available. Between us, we had already added 68 restaurants, bars, cafés, and attractions to our travel-planning app, Le Voyage, which I had vibecoded over the course of a year. With a limited time frame and an abundance of choices, we opened the app to make our decision easier.
The app, originally designed for a trip to Paris, had evolved over time to address specific needs during travel. Instead of cluttering multiple apps with restaurant links or saving places in various platforms, Le Voyage aimed to keep all relevant information in one shared location. This included maps, notes, maps, and an itinerary.
The app ran as a hosted web app with a free database, making it accessible at a minimal cost for those traveling with me. Despite its simple beginnings, the app had grown considerably, with over a hundred commits in its GitHub repository, and a README that still referred to it as "Welcome to your Lovable project." During our initial days in New Orleans, we relied on Le Voyage to remember our filter and map preferences for each location.
We sorted the 68 places according to our preferences and sorted through them one by one, using the app to make informed decisions about where to eat, drink, and explore. We discovered that the app's simple features, like the notes field, proved invaluable in helping us remember and share information about each location. Despite the app's original design being geared towards remembering places, it had become an essential tool during our trip.
As we navigated through the French Quarter, the app's features guided us towards making decisions, transforming our once-hungry, indecisive state into a well-organized and enjoyable culinary experience.
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