The latest articles on DEV Community by Oscar Hong (@ohong). https://dev.to/ohong https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3648595%2F0f71fcfd-dcd6-4fdc-bbda-5520e57fd5cd.jpeg https://dev.to/ohong en Oscar Hong Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:34:33 +0000 https://dev.to/ohong/poof-see-what-you-own-keep-what-sparks-joy-1a7l https://dev.to/ohong/poof-see-what-you-own-keep-what-sparks-joy-1a7l <h1> Poof! </h1> <p><strong>See everything you own. Then let it go.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F7wqx1n4zm316ogwmluck.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F7wqx1n4zm316ogwmluck.png" alt=" " width="800" height="533"></a></p> <p>Poof! transforms messy phone photos of your belongings into a museum-quality visual inventory, making it effortless to decide what to keep, sell, donate, or toss.</p> <h2> The Problem </h2> <p>Everything we own owns a part of us. Many people feel the urge to live simpler—fewer possessions, less mental clutter. Marie Kondo's first step: see all your belongings in one place. But actually doing this? Impractical.</p> <p><strong>The first step to owning less is seeing what you own.</strong> Artist Barbara Iweins spent <em>two years</em> photographing all 10,532 objects in her house for her project <a href="https://katalog-barbaraiweins.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Katalog</a>. The result is stunning—a complete visual record of a life's accumulation. But who has two years and a professional photo setup?</p> <p>Until now, that barrier made the "see everything you own" dream impossible for regular people.</p> <h2> The Solution </h2> <p>Poof! uses generative AI to compress Barbara Iweins' two-year project into an afternoon.</p> <p><strong>How it works:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Snap photos of your stuff with your phone</li> <li>Upload to Poof! (single or bulk upload)</li> <li>AI transforms each photo into a clean, professional product shot</li> <li>AI writes a curatorial description for each object</li> <li>Browse your belongings in a beautiful gallery view</li> <li>Decide: Keep, Sell, Donate, or Toss</li> <li>Watch items disappear with a satisfying "Poof!" animation</li> </ol> <p>What remains is clarity. A visual inventory of what you've chosen to keep—and a record of what you've let go.</p> <h2> Who It's For </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>Aspiring minimalists</strong> who want to see everything they own but never had the means</li> <li> <strong>People doing a "life reset"</strong> or spring cleaning who need activation energy</li> <li> <strong>Anyone inspired by Marie Kondo</strong> who wants to go deeper than tidying drawers</li> <li> <strong>The anti-overconsumption crowd</strong> seeking a more grounded relationship with their stuff</li> </ul> <h2> Tech Stack </h2> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Layer</th> <th>Technology</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Framework</td> <td>Next.js 14, TypeScript</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Styling</td> <td>TailwindCSS, Shadcn UI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Animation</td> <td>Motion</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Auth</td> <td>Clerk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Database &amp; Storage</td> <td>Supabase</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hosting &amp; Deployment</td> <td>Vercel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Image Transformation</td> <td>FLUX.2 Image Editing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Object Descriptions</td> <td>Claude 4.5 Sonnet</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h2> Powered by Kiro </h2> <p>This project was built with <a href="https://kiro.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kiro</a>, Amazon's agentic AI development environment. Kiro accelerated our build from concept to working product, enabling rapid prototyping across the full stack—from UI components to API integrations to the end-to-end AI pipeline.</p> <h2> Future Roadmap </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>Semantic search</strong> — Find objects by color, category, or natural language ("kitchen tools", "things I haven't used in a year")</li> <li> <strong>One-click listing</strong> — Post to FB Marketplace, Craigslist, or Karrot with AI-generated descriptions and suggested prices</li> <li> <strong>AI negotiation</strong> — Let an agent handle buyer messages and schedule pickups</li> <li> <strong>Instant garage sale</strong> — Spin up a custom storefront with payment integration</li> </ul> <p><em>Inspired by <a href="https://katalog-barbaraiweins.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Katalog by Barbara Iweins</a> — a two-year photographic inventory of 10,532 household objects. Poof! makes this possible for everyone.</em></p> kiro webdev ai sideprojects Oscar Hong Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:32:25 +0000 https://dev.to/ohong/we-used-kiro-to-build-poof-an-app-to-transform-messy-phone-photos-of-your-belongings-into-a-2nde https://dev.to/ohong/we-used-kiro-to-build-poof-an-app-to-transform-messy-phone-photos-of-your-belongings-into-a-2nde