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I am Building a Fitness Dashboard

DEV Community·Axo·30 days ago
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A few weeks ago I had no idea what Gunicorn was, had never touched PostgreSQL, and had never written a single line of Django. This week I connected a live fitness API to a web app I built from scratch and generated a downloadable shareable card with real data on it. That feels pretty wild to say out loud. Let me back up and explain what I have been building, because I think the concept is actually kind of interesting. 🏋️ The Idea: A Fitness Identity Card While researching project ideas, I kept coming back to apps like Spotify Wrapped, that end of year card everyone shares on social media. I wanted to make something like that but for fitness. Something where you connect your Strava or Fitbit account, pick which stats matter to you (total distance, longest run, active days, elevation gained, etc.), arrange them however you want, and then share a link or download a card image. I am calling it FitCard. The gap I noticed is that nothing like this really exists in a clean, social friendly way.…

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