FALALA
Self-initiated 30 day AI experiment. Designing and building a mental wellness app using AI tools to explore end-to-end product development. 👩🏻🔬
About
It's an on-going project I started in 2026. I challenged myself to a 30-day experiment: How much of a mobile app could I design, build, and document using AI tools?
The goal wasn't just to create an app, but to push my technical boundaries and explore AI-assisted development workflows.
FALALA is a daily self-compassion journaling app designed to help users practice self-kindness.
Based on therapeutic practices, it encourages users to log one compliment for themselves each day, training mental attention to extend the same fairness to themselves that they naturally give others.
The Experiment
Working solo across design, development, and documentation, I explored:
How AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude Code, Lovable, Figma Make) could accelerate learning new technical skills
Building a React Native mobile app from scratch with limited prior mobile development experience
Balancing thoughtful UX decisions with rapid prototyping constraints
From research, design, setting up component library, to setting up dev. environment on VS Code..and more to experiment.
Week 2 - building features in dev environment
Loading animation
Building emotional connection to make users feel welcomed rather than rushed, reinforcing the self-care mindset.
Swipe navigation and quick return to today
Prioritising present moment. Past reflection is useful, but daily practice matters most.
AI-Powered prompt suggestions
Lowering the barrier and to build the habit without the pressure of starting from a blank page.
Adaptive text input
Users should need less than 2-minute for daily entries, but keeping in mind to design for the norm without penalising the edge case.
Week 3 - visual refinement with brand personality added
(From left to right) Card view, list view, notification setting, customisation
Customisation - colour variants on Light Mode vs Dark mode
