Week 2 of building Itty Bitty Bites is officially done!
If Week 1 was all about wireframes, goals, and setting the tone, Week 2 was a whole different beast - equal parts messy, energizing, and full of tiny wins.
👩💻 The Solo Dev Shift
At internships, I always had a clear role: you own this feature, this ticket, this slice of the pie.
But working solo? I'm the entire bakery.
This week, I bounced between:
- 🧠 Ideation — imagining how features should feel, not just function
- ✍️ Planning — scoping what can realistically be done in a sprint
- 🧪 Testing — manually checking flows and thinking through edge cases
- 🛠️ Implementation — breaking down logic, fixing bugs, getting stuck and unstuck
- 🎨 UI/UX tweaks — trying to make everything feel delightful on top of functional
And all while keeping my target user in mind: busy parents who just need a quick solution at mealtime.
💡 What I'm Learning
- Constraints spark creativity. Sometimes the best solutions come from not having everything figured out.
- Momentum > perfection. Some things can wait - polish will come once the core functionality works.
- Solo doesn’t mean alone. Sharing these updates helps me feel more connected to the dev/indie hacker community.
🌱 What’s Next
Next week, I’ll start laying the foundation for user profiles so the recipe generation can be more tailored.
And I’ll be inching toward the fun stuff which is building out the actual recipe generation flow.
If you missed the Week 1 origin story, you can check it out here:
👉 Week 1: Building the app I needed as a new mom
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Thanks for reading 🧡
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