lead application developer @ brokol app
built mvp from scratch using react native and firebase within two months alongside a junior developer (july 2023 - august 2023, part-time)
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[08]built mvp from scratch using react native and firebase within two months alongside a junior developer
bench-tested and compared multiple react-native ocr libraries before standardising on apple vision (ios) and google ml kit (android) for best accuracy/performance trade-off
learned firebase and implemented social sign-in authentication, firestore database, cloud functions, and storage
designed the firestore schema and companion typescript types to enforce consistent, strongly-typed data across the app
text cleaning and noise reduction helpers to standardize the text scanned from ocr
standardization of product names using openai api to present app users with human-readable item names
estimation of perishable good expiry date using openai api and grocery store databases from key partners
cross-platform distribution on apple app store testflight and google play store internal testing services