I manage mobile engineering teams for a living. I review architecture, push back on scope, and know when someone's over-engineering something. I've shipped production apps to millions of users. So when I decided to build a side project using AI, I assumed the hard part would be deciding which shortcuts to take.
I was wrong about what the hard part would be.
The problem I wanted to solve
Every shopping app gives you a flat list. You add items in whatever order you think of them, then wander the store like you're solving a maze. Back to dairy because you forgot it was next to the eggs. Back to produce because it was at the top of the list, but physically at the other end of the store.
I wanted a list that follows the route you actually walk, aisle by aisle. You define your store layout once, and from that point on, every list you create sorts itself to match it. Check off an aisle, move on, never backtrack.
