This Took Me 150 Hours to Code

[@talha_shafqat]

Hi Kenny! Thanks for featuring me in the video! Glad I could be a part of your project! 🚀

[@overtured]

That's a good video. People underestimate how planning and subcontracting for UI saves time. Changing UI code (because of lack of planning) during a project can be a big drag.

[@liampugh4705]

It's also practically a copy and paste of myfitnesspal though, seems expensive for $200

[@Dr.Greegree]

Nah fuck it, this motivates me to start my project I've been thinking of for the past 3 months.

[@kennygunderman]

Get after it 🤝

[@9_kicksfooty]

​@kennygunderman I've followed you ever since like 2022 man. You and Kalle Hallden🥺❤

[@GLXY_ARCANE]

May i ask what it is your going to make?

[@DigitalAlchemyst]

Just starting one now this is the motivation I need

[@L0v0lup]

How is it going?

[@francoisdprob]

Dude so many people in tech "struggle to find the time" to workout, and having to pay a subscription fee is even more off putting. This is an awesome idea!

[@AlexsanderFer90]

After a few months of studying and doing some freelance work, I decided to develop my own app as well, and for a few months now I've been stuck on a feature that shouldn't even be in the first version (yes, I haven't released the MVP yet), almost giving up on the project actually. But watching your video I had an epiphany and now I've decided to go all out on the MVP and release v1. Thanks!

[@kazmi401]

This video was just for the HOstinger right. They gave you the github repo with everything implemented. commits were created 1 year ago.

[@technoprime835]

Damnn 😂

[@gabrielomane-yeboah]

💀

[@dothex]

@kazmi401 I took a look at the repo.. and he's exposed. I know he'll say it took over a year to make this video and that's why he didn't mention it -_-. That's crazy tho.

[@udaysingh-wr2kw]

Maybe he started the idea a year ago and just never touched it until recently

[@kazmi401]

@@udaysingh-wr2kw then the title should be "it took me 8,760 hours to build this todo app project".

[@lululucaschae]

Dude's free side project is better than most paid apps out there LOL good work!

[@melvinchukwukelunze4340]

Beauty of comouter science, you get to build whatever you want whenever you want, with little barriers

[@mboyamichael7618]

This is great. In the future, I would propose also specifying who the designer was. Might help him/her get more work

[@goodtimeswerehad]

Thank you Kenny for this video. I'm also building a PWA currently that could end up in the App stores at some point if necessary. There's a lot of processes, including a separate Admin Dashboard and the usual authentication process and data storage decisions to make. Your video was encouraging and I appreciate you sharing your journey and your code with us.

[@d3vilscry666]

Omg. I’ve had this idea floating around my head for ages … Everything you implemented I’ve been thinking about! One thing I want to do is implanting the step tracking from the Health App with everything you have done. I’ve always wanted to do it in Swift and Swift UI.

[@haikalyusuf4058]

this is really clever & encapsulates the trouble I’ve had, love the approach you took!

[@bro.pereira]

Sensational Content. I literally work on the same stack as you and I know how difficult it is to bring complex thinking about code to people in a simple way. I highly recommend you maintain this dynamic of videos talking about whether based on ship the mvp

[@DJRanoia]

I love the blue hue you used in the background and theme. Enjoying the app

[@wtfdoiputhere]

this is currently me and my laravel blog, it all started as a simple blog but it's turning into a social media app with more and more features

[@gogoheart3226]

i need to get in touch with that UI designer, and get me some of those 7 calorie eggs.

[@Chikowski101]

you're a gem dev bro thanks for the motivation

[@robinzon100]

uses Notion for writing out the project idea, immediately after uses Jira for project management.... my eyes, my mind, my very spirit was insulted by this very nice video btw

[@kennygunderman]

Lmao you’ve got a point

[@KittenDome]

I actually wanted to know what note-taking app he was using there, I use Obsidian right now, but I'ma quickly take a look at Notion, out of curiosity.

[@robinzon100]

@@KittenDome Notion at this point is the everything app for managing tasks, projects, different assets, people, marketing stuff and etc. So for just note taking continue using Obsidian, it's minimalistic and ✨ focused✨ on note taking

[@eliasalelign3024]

@@KittenDome have you switched to notion??

[@Qrzychu92]

@@KittenDome I feel like those two are for completely different use cases. Obsidian is a knowledge base, while Notion is a task manager mostly. Plus Notion does not support offline mode. It's like Confluence vs Jira

[@theoglenn]

Wow this is crazy! The side project I am starting to work on is a fitness-tracker and your video really helps me understand the lay of the land.

[@Poducha-ngsk]

Downloaded it. Awesome job man!

[@SsaliJonathan]

An app in one week? Amazing

[@MuhammadShayanSheikh101]

exactly it seems like a dream.

[@Saciid-e2e]

He said 1 and half month

[@SK-wr3ww]

The git repo is a year old tho

[@joshman1019]

This is one of the best things a developer can do for themselves. Put passion into something. Even if it isn't perfect, it's still yours.

[@mesopotamian97]

I had a similar experience. I was creating a resume (CV) to apply to a job and the app I was using to do so was bloated with ads and it was bloody annoying. So I spent 4 months working on and off my own app.

[@dogsbody5780]

Hey Kenny, I downloaded your app and it has helped me in both getting me off my ass to code and to get to the Gym

[@miamicode7117]

Hey Kenny! I started working on my own fitness app over two years ago, but I struggled to maintain consistent progress. I saw the cracks in the approach I had, and how you masterfully handled them.. 1. I often found myself jumping from one feature idea to another, trying to implement them without a solid plan. This led to bugs and incomplete features piling up. 2. I had a vision in my head, but without a concrete design, I kept changing it constantly. It's been frustrating, and I've reached a point where I'm tired of the uncertainty-especially when it comes to deciding which features to keep and which to leave out. After experiencing an incredible body transformation, I realized this app could be the perfect way to showcase my journey, enhance my portfolio, and create something meaningful. I'd love to use your app as a scaffold to finally bring my vision to life, particularly since OAuth integration was a major roadblock for me, and I couldn't resolve the errors I encountered. Your work has reignited my motivation, and I just wanted to thank you for the inspiration. Keep up the amazing work! PS, it's not AI generated, it's just refined so I could get my point across with the tone I had in mind :D

[@sergeychernikov6595]

Good job! Keep up the good work, man

[@only_noma]

Wanna go back to this life.. Code, fun, enjoy my life. No need to be in the army; live in war. Thanks for this couple of minutes of nostalgia.

[@nathannjonge5814]

Great content....really took time to explain the development process and the videos too are detailed for the progress.

[@florian.reining3041]

fuck it, now i need to Grab my planed project and finished it, because this vid motivates me a lot to do it.

[@gightkingss806]

was just scrolling on the app and you popped up....this a clean motivation

[@realElzie]

That food API is not free, you pay for it in your taxes. Either way, you might as well use it lol

[@keyproco]

For privacy content, you just need to use vercel or netlify with a landing page, what most do i think.

[@karldalearriba5071]

Actually a goat for sharing code! Kudos!

[@Runie2607]

I got a lot of motivation from this video. Currently learning Rust and been itching to put it to use. It would be awesome if you made a video on your planing stage of the app development, I suck at it because it's not coding lol

[@darlingtonolelewe1212]

I am fully motivated right now. Thanks for this

[@C9GM99]

Great video Thanks for sharing your valuable information , I checked out the app used it a bit I also checked out the privacy policy, I want to create my web app too and just the fact you showed us your insight in a way your almost holding our hand is great 👍

[@ArseyTech]

Thanks for the motivation video, now I'm ready to build mine

[@vladimir_dev]

Awesome video! Any idea how long would it take for someone who's a React Native beginner? 😅

[@billeisonchannel7993]

The app is actually really good, just please add an option for KG instead of lbs

[@AkinBelieve]

This is great. I had this idea and pretty much stopped once I ran into the API issue. It was so so expensive, so I'm glad you found something that works for you. With the US government API, does that not limit you given that macros are likely to be different even for the same product in different markets? Could it be worthwhile to begin building your own database of foods that people could contribute to?

[@chatzaght]

That's incredible! Thank you for your experience!

[@tong5364]

Good job bro. Currently i also doing my personal project which is a running tracking app, now almost finish, hopefully before end of the September i was able to publish my app

[@gsarnaudov]

Great project and nicely done! Last month I did the same thing. I built a side project for checking my cars insurance, inspection and vignette due dates only by a registration plate and set up a SMS reminder. One question regarding React Native - how exactly did you sync the data? Are doing this with some kind of a native background task or just have a last synced timestamp and whenever the app is opened you perform the sync operation?

[@mejiagrey830]

Gem of a dev and video.

[@lenn1440]

Please tell me you didn't put that api key in every app that is bad and on android you can decompile and get the app key out of the app so please change it if you did

[@compton8301]

How would you deal with this? Host the api keys on the cloud?

[@GawblyOG]

That was by design, like this he gets 1k requests per user per hour instead 1k requests per hour total + no backend needed

[@Xynic48]

I've been working on a side project for almost a year now and still not done. I keep putting it aside and doing something else. You gave me motivation to finally finish it 😅

[@DigitalAlchemyst]

Sounds like a wayside project, time to get it yeah!

[@ElectronicFanArm]

Thank you for sharing. Great job! :)

[@creativestarjsp]

Nice Content man. one small doubt have u used any figma ui Designs converts for this App?

[@egretfx]

I love your App, love your video!!! great work!❤🎉

[@Motawa88]

Are you using iPhone simulator or real hardware? It looks so smooth

[@fogg0]

Honestly this is hilarious cause I had the same prompt to make my own. I was like why am I using Hevy still. I decided to just remake it almost all completely. Months later it’s finished and I haven’t released it cause I feel like adding more and more. I think I should release it. Kinda works perfectly

[@iopo7571]

What is the website you take notes? Good video

[@royalross8351]

I had this exact idea a few months ago. Same idea to use react native but I got intimidated because I never build an app, I don’t even know react so I kinda left it. I never code stuff this big for my self and this video really made me happy. Not D riding or nothing like that 😂

[@hestonmarshall3926]

I think it’s clear you skip leg day I looked on your workout section of the app and there is no leg excesizrs

[@emanuelmejia4525]

Wow, really nice video, thank you for sharing with us your work 🙏

[@brianbluue]

Awesome stuff maan... I'm a web Developer, working on venturing into React Native...

[@lightless]

He went from spending $5 a month to $300 a month+ 😂

[@MuhammadShayanSheikh101]

Hey Kenny! Appreciated your effort in both making video and the project. And thanks a lot for joining us in the process and giving us the Behind the Scenes. But can you pleeeeeeeeeaase make a detailed video on how you find APIs? it'll mean a lot to us.

[@AmedeoNe]

Pretty easy to find with some googling. Might take some time, but you will most certainly find what you are looking for if your searches are done right

[@j.06p80]

the subscirption to host you site and the time you investing in this projekt is more expensive then the subsciption from the fitness app lol

[@mattrodney589]

I absolutely love this!. thank you

[@creativeworld2635]

You have my respect.

[@BigStupidTech]

Glad I found this!

[@chinglish8250]

same case with me here working for a company fulltime and on side just developing side projects but with no end results. i almost left all my projects in middle of development than start something new and then stop. Alot of things going on in my mind like okay lets assume i developed something how will i sell it to people and if its already existing who will buy my product. sometimes doing nextjs sometime its reactnative. Hope can get some motivation from your videos.

[@KieranCrown]

This looks great. One thing that would be good to add is a way to change your account password

[@shreksthongg]

pretty funny, one of my side projects that never saw the light of day again was a fitness tracker app built using expo 😂My inspiration was more born out of frustration with other apps that I had used, but as I got into the project it started consuming more and more time, and I was working full time so I kinda got burnt out.

[@mobiledevlife]

I also get that feeling often 😅 but barely allocate enough time for this, in-between client work, my job and social media posting. How are you managing your schedule, do you have a full time job/client now? 🤔

[@JohnWickXD]

Thank you so much OG ❤

[@pary327]

Ideas rarely happen in front of a laptop.

[@HellMuerto]

At 12:15, what a about a grid? default values are 20 cols, 6 rows. User press first cell (top left) and slide the finger to right and bottom. Cols are reps, rows are series, faster and less boring than input digits

[@rtql8d]

Ah, the curse of being a software engineer. Too cheap to pay for an app so I’ll build it myself. Happens too many times.

[@michaeledits2292]

I had the exact same problem as you and made the exact same kind of app in Flutter. Being able to make software is nice because you can be like, "Oh wait, I don't have to pay for this garbage I can make my own".

[@aaaas213]

i love how he paid 400$+ to save 5 dollars

[@verified6056]

I was working on the exact same project for school when i saw this 💀

[@LucidFabrics]

Thank you for the video. that was a good one.

[@abdulazizkodirov5323]

Amazing video as always but should have included those 'headache' moments, so everyone could relate and not think they are the only ones with those moments. Without it, this video felt like it was your usually Sundays. Nonetheless, this was very informative and fun to watch!

[@oussamachahidi9201]

where you using android studio to code in react native ??

[@Motawa88]

Can you please explain what language and what ide you used? Because I thought you can only use Xcode for iOS?

[@akporraphael9069]

Thanks for this 🙏🏽😊

[@anthonypetruzzi158]

That $2.99 a month is only if you sign up for a 48 month (4 year) contract with them

[@giftedlean]

What did you use for outlining?

[@saidibra9231]

Why this app is not in play store ?

[@FrostybroTV]

Apparently you can either produce good content or you can be a good coder. Both is very rare, so most, like this guy, fake it.

[@AppleFreak675]

I know exactly what I want to build.

[@RuralGamingUSA]

Do Macs have built in motion-blur to make them even worse?

[@michaelegharevba2231]

Very insightful video.

[@kennygunderman]

Give my app a good review? :) 🖤 apps.apple.com/us/app/state-of-health/id6470658244

[@PKperformanceEU]

Only introvert can do this. Alpha extroverts like to discuss and plan. Extroverts are the best

[@98f5]

FCK yo app

[@thegreateststalkerofalltim2159]

What headphone are you using at the first few seconds of the video?

[@thegreateststalkerofalltim2159]

​@@PKperformanceEU then what do you call him? He plan and discuss the project with someone yet your first impression is "only introvert can do this"

[@PKperformanceEU]

@@thegreateststalkerofalltim2159 because I'm an truly extrovert, I can code I also know architecture and SIMD very well and know other topics as well. Yet I can't do it anymore. I always forced myself to code cause it's introverts job. It depleted my energy in the first minutes. When I take leadership roles I feel energized and alive. It's clearly down to me being alpha and highly extrovert

[@thegreateststalkerofalltim2159]

What headphones are you using at the first few seconds of the video?

[@nonenone6913]

I just started to learn python I have a questions what language are you using + can I do something similar to that with python?

[@dkalsao7]

Dude, this is amazing

[@8bit239]

Which IDE you use?

[@GauravB50]

I had a question, how do you track your hours here? I wanted to know as I am looking to get intro freelancing soon. Thanks :-)

[@fouadmagdy3301]

Bro, this is such a great work But i didn't get the sync data part Why did you do this ?

[@alexqu592]

What is a process of creating a privacy policy? Is it you writing it from scratch or paying a lawyer to create one?

[@Chris-cx6wl]

Having your API in the client is a security risk. You should have it on the backend.

[@foehammer2127]

Bro put his api key into the app.

[@BUBADEV2024]

1 week? You mad a app in one week 🔥

[@tweeel38]

Is there any specific reason why you moved from being a native Android developer to React Native? Was it simply because you got an opportunity and jumped on it, or are there other reasons?

[@lookeper2]

I would love to try it, but buying an iPhone is a steeper price than any other app... any chance you made this so it can be used on other platforms?

[@vuc__vuc]

you could have used mmkv with zustand instead redux with async storage to gain 1200% performance

[@fko079]

Performance? In such app?

[@IanPerkins-bf4bz]

how did you learn all of the not coding stuff in this?