Project
Quackies
An AI-powered calorie tracker built around a simple idea — snap a photo of your meal and let AI do the logging. No food databases, no manual entry.
Why I built it
I wanted a different way to track calories without the bloat of existing apps. As a software engineer I could build it myself — it became the perfect project to practise an AI-native mindset, building genuinely around AI capabilities rather than bolting AI on as an afterthought.
Key features
Photo-based meal logging
Snap before/after eating, AI returns food names, portions, calories, and a confidence score. Up to 10 analyses per day.
Smart calorie budget
BMR via Harris-Benedict formula × activity PAL, adjusted for goal and pace. Live remaining figure: TDEE − eaten + burned.
Workout tracking
Log duration, estimates ~7 kcal/min, feeds directly into remaining calories.
Hydration tracking
Configure bottle size, log in fractions, visual progress on dashboard.
Duck mascot with 10 moods
Reacts to calorie status — happy on track, worried when under, grumpy when over.
Onboarding flow
6-step setup to compute a personalised daily calorie target before the user sees the dashboard.
Stack
Still in progress
Three screens are actively being built:
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