Jaime RiosTLDR : I made a mobile-only, PWA.
Link to the app ➡ https://simpleunitconverter.netlify.com/
Link to the repo ➡ https://github.com/papaponmx/simple-unit-converter
Hey guys, this is a short post, just to let you know that I just launched a PWA that solves a very personal problem.
The problem
When I go to the gym, three situations coincide:
- I use an app that allows you to use pounds or kilograms but not both.
- My gym uses pounds for machines and kilograms for dumbbells.
- Therefor I need a way to constantly convert units from pounds to kilograms.
Now, let us explore the alternatives:
- I could do it mentally, but I will not too lazy for that.
- There is an app, but I don't want to see commercials, neither use 25 MB for such a simple app space on my device, nor want to see commercials.
- Just Google it, I could but that means turning on the mobile data. That seems trivial, but I start to get notifications from social apps. The problem is that they induce me train for more time than I should, and make me more prone to injuries due to bad form.
- There is a website for that. Kind of, but they are not fully responsive not PWAs.
- Create a PWA connected to the cloud in order to track your own trainings. I didn't think of that at the time thinking
The solution 🤓
Use my knowledge and make a PWA with these features:
- ️Bidirectional KG to LBS Unit Conversion 🏋️
- Dark Theme as default 🌑
- Screen reader tested 🔉
- No User tracking 🔍
- No Ads 📈
- No 💩
- Open source 📚
The tech stack
- Hosted on Netlify.
- Create React App as a boilerplate.
- State management with React Hooks and Context API.
- Styled Components.
Link to the app ➡ https://simpleunitconverter.netlify.com/
Link to the repo ➡ https://github.com/papaponmx/simple-unit-converter
Cheers guys.
