LUS FOR LIFE · LOVABLE SHEBUILDS · OCT 2026
From “we should” to “see you Thursday.”
A planner for friend groups, built solo in 72 hours. Live and being tested by real users.
- solo build
- 72 h
- solo build
- verified venues the AI can suggest
- 28
- verified venues the AI can suggest
- testers so far
- 65
- testers so far
- Research
- PRD
- Brand
- UI
- Full-stack build
- AI features
THE PROBLEM
Someone always ends up planning.
Every group chat I’m in has someone saying “we should do this.” Then nothing happens, or one person ends up planning everything.
Before building, I ran initial research: 15 participants across a survey and interviews. 10 of 15 were the group’s planner friend. Finding a date and a venue were the hardest parts. Nobody wanted everyone paying a share.
10 of 15 were the planner friend.
DECISION 1
Make gatherings keep happening
Everyone has a say, people bring something instead of paying, and no one carries the planning forever. It sits next to WhatsApp, so there’s no new chat to manage.
- Schema-validated output
- Manual fallback
- VERIFIED LIST
DECISION 2
AI where it helps, with edges.
Describe an idea in your own words and AI turns it into an idea card. The output is schema-validated JSON. If it fails, a simple form takes over.
Venue suggestions come only from 28 Stockholm venues I verified, plus places your group saved. The model can’t invent a place.
- React
- Supabase
- Row-level security
- Edge functions
DECISION 3
The rules live in the database.
Round states, deadlines, claim limits and who sees what are enforced with row-level security. The app holds even if the UI doesn’t. I cleared the security scan before launch.
BRAND
A brand in a day.
A hand-carved green tomato stamp, a nod to Fried Green Tomatoes and the Whistle Stop Café. Hands for the brand, AI for the build.
BUILD LOG
Three days, in public.
DAY 1
Brainstorming and handmade branding
The stamp, the colours and the type before anything was built.
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DAY 2
PRD, IA and UI
The spec, the information architecture and the screens.
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DAY 3
Core flow, edge cases, real users
Finalised the core user flow, handled the edge cases, tested for accessibility and security, then with real users.
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WHAT USERS SAY
“The friend who always does the planning deserves to just show up sometimes. Rotating the host is such a good detail. 💚”
Lovable · official LinkedIn “this is SO good! 💚 🍅 i had a similar idea i was exploring around making and scheduling social plans. the WA poll and event creation is NOT enough!”
Silvia Di Carlo · Legal @ Typeform
NEXT CASE
WanderLust
From 40 saved pins to a real plan.