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TheFeed Development Journey

14-part series: Building an AI-powered food security platform from starter kit to production.

Next.jsCommunity-FocusReal-time

Current State & Lessons from 4.5 Months

Provider Claims - Empowering Resource Owners

Performance & Scale - PostGIS Integration

Foundation

The AI Sous-Chef - Chat Tools and OpenRouter

⏱ 14 min read

The FoodShare Pivot - Finding the Real Problem

⏱ 10 min read

Genesis - From Starter Kit to Vision

The FoodShare Pivot - Finding the Real Problem

Building the Map - Food Bank Discovery with Mapbox

Production Features

Trust & Verification - Building User Confidence

Going Live - Production Deployment to Vercel

The UX Redesign - Glassmorphic Auth and Mobile-First

Performance & Scale - PostGIS Integration

Provider Claims - Empowering Resource Owners

Current State & Lessons from 4.5 Months

The CopilotKit Migration - Upgrading AI Chat

Data Quality Crisis - Geocoding, Duplicates, and Validation