Case study
My Place Lounge
A members-only app for a private Rochester lounge — events and RSVPs, a member directory, private messages and an owner admin. One codebase for iPhone and Android, in private beta on iPhone.
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Solo developer — app design, build and backend.
- Status
- In beta
In private beta on iPhone. Not in the App Store or Google Play yet.
About this project
What it does and how it was built
A members-only app for a private lounge in the Rochester area, and our first client app. Members join by invitation, see what is coming up and RSVP, find each other in a member directory, message privately, and keep a personal log with their own notes and ratings. Push notifications bring them back for an event or an announcement. The owner runs all of it from an admin area inside the same app: a dashboard, member and invite management, announcements and RSVP requests. It is built once with Expo and React Native — one codebase for iPhone and Android — on a hosted database with sign-in, and a CMS for the content the owner edits. The app is in private beta, so this page shows a title card for now; screenshots from a test account will replace it as the beta widens.
Role: Solo developer — app design, build and backend.
Highlights
- One Expo / React Native codebase for iPhone and Android — the beta runs on iPhone today
- Invitation-only sign-up, so only members get in
- Events with RSVPs, an attendee list, and guest requests the owner approves
- Member directory, connections and private messages — with blocking and account deletion built in
- Push notifications, with settings each member controls
- Owner admin inside the app: dashboard, members, invites, announcements and RSVP requests
Stack
- Expo
- React Native
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- Sanity
- NativeWind
AI Tools
- Claude Code
Built with AI as a force multiplier — scaffolding, research, content structure, and code review run through these tools across the build.
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