The Vet Visit That Made My Side Project Real

The Vet Visit That Made My Side Project Real I built PawFormance for three reasons: Wick, Maya Rudolph, and Benny Hartz. My corgi, my Australian Shepherd, and my other corgi, respectively. Like most side projects, it started with scratching my own itch. I had notebooks with scribbled dates, a Notes app full of "when did we last deworm?", scattered vet receipts, and that nagging feeling that I was forgetting something important about my dogs' health. So I did what developers do. I built something. The Technical Part (Spoiler: Not the Interesting Part) The stack was straightforward. Next.js for the frontend, Supabase for the backend, Vercel for hosting. Built a CRUD app for pet health records—vaccines, vet visits, medications, weight tracking. Added some charts because data visualization makes everything feel more legitimate. The build itself was unremarkable in the best way. Modern tooling is so good now that the actual construction of a pet health tracker is almost boring. Authenticati