A developer's honest confession about wanting a daily Strava streak, but getting stuck on route planning — so I built jokiinlari instead.
The frustration that wouldn't go away
I have a problem that probably sounds small, but it's very real for me: I want to run consistently. Not just for the health benefits — I genuinely like watching my Strava streak climb, seeing my pace graph inch downward, checking in every morning after a run.
The problem was never motivation to run. The problem was the step right before running: figuring out the route.
Every night before a morning run, I'd open Google Maps, drag points around trying to hit the right distance, then realize the path cut through a highway with no sidewalk, or had a brutal climb when all I wanted was an easy jog. Start over. Sometimes it took 20–30 minutes just to plan an 8km route. That's before even converting the result into something my Garmin or Coros could actually read.
