Foood
A live recipe platform with real users.
Overview
Foood is a recipe management platform I built and operate as a live product at foood.it.com. Founded in September 2025, it now serves 30+ active users with 150+ recipes in production — a real product with a real feedback loop, not a portfolio demo.
The Problem
Most recipe apps are either bloated marketplaces optimized for ad revenue or bare bones note-takers with no structure. I wanted a fast, mobile-first place to capture, organize, and re-cook recipes — and to learn what running a live web product actually demands.
Approach
React frontend with a mobile-first responsive UI. FastAPI + Python backend with a REST API. PostgreSQL schema designed from scratch. Cross-browser testing (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, mobile browsers) and end-to-end smoke checks before each deployment. Issues reported by users get triaged and resolved daily across the React frontend and FastAPI backend.
Challenges
Treating a portfolio-grade project like a real product: handling user-reported bugs across the stack daily, keeping the schema flexible without breaking live data, and shipping mobile-first UI that holds up across browser quirks.
Results
Live in production at foood.it.com with 30+ active users and 150+ recipes. Daily issue triage and fixes across React + FastAPI. Cross-browser parity verified before every deployment.