I Built a Flutter App to Make Campus Life a Little Easier

Bhavya Sharma — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:34:48 +0000

A few months ago, I noticed that students in my college were using different apps and WhatsApp groups for almost everything—buying and selling items, finding events, connecting with clubs, and sharing information.

It felt messy.

So I decided to build CampusHub, a Flutter app that brings those things together in one place.

This wasn't just a UI project. I wanted to build something that felt like a real product, so I focused on both the user experience and the backend.

What CampusHub Can Do

🛒 Buy and sell items within the campus

👤 User authentication and profiles

📷 Upload product images

📅 View campus events

🎓 Club information

🔔 Notifications

☁️ Cloud-based data storage

Tech Stack

Flutter

Dart

Firebase Authentication

Cloud Firestore

Firebase Storage

The Challenges

This project taught me that building an app is much more than writing UI code.

I spent a lot of time debugging authentication issues, fixing Firestore security rules, handling image uploads, and making sure everything worked smoothly across different screens.

There were plenty of frustrating moments, but every bug I solved taught me something new.

What I Learned

Building CampusHub helped me understand:

Flutter app architecture

Firebase Authentication

Firestore database design

Cloud Storage

State management

Debugging real-world applications

It was my first experience building something that could actually be useful to students instead of just being another tutorial project.

What's Next?

I'm planning to keep improving the app by adding:

Better search and filters

In-app chat between buyers and sellers

Push notifications

Admin dashboard

Improved UI and performance

I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback or suggestions. If you have ideas that would make CampusHub more useful for students, I'd love to hear them.

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Thanks for reading! 🚀

I Built Kikar — An AI Messaging Platform That Creates Digital Versions of People

Bhavya Sharma — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:14:14 +0000

For the last few months, I've been working on Kikar, an AI-powered social messaging platform with a simple goal:
What if every user could have an AI version of themselves that learns from conversations and can chat in their own style?
Instead of building another generic chatbot, I wanted to explore the idea of AI personalities that evolve over time.

Tech Stack
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Supabase
Capacitor
Groq API

The biggest thing this project taught me wasn't AI—it was how all the pieces of a real application fit together. From authentication and databases to APIs and frontend architecture, I learned far more than I expected when I first created the repository.
There's still a long way to go. I want to improve AI memory, add voice features, polish the UI, and make the conversations feel even more natural.
If you have a few minutes, I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback—whether it's about the code, the design, or the idea itself.
GitHub: https://github.com/Bhavya4907/Kikar %}
Thanks for reading. I hope this project keeps getting better with every update.

DEV Community: Bhavya Sharma

I Built a Flutter App to Make Campus Life a Little Easier

I Built Kikar — An AI Messaging Platform That Creates Digital Versions of People