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Locofy.ai helped Ravikiran in getting high-quality, responsive React code that allowed him to ship faster, and save 70% of the development time that he was then able to invest in adding features to his app. Locofy’s AI features drastically reduced the friction of going from design to code and generate readable code.
Features such as Auto Tagging and Auto Components allowed him to quickly convert his design elements into working React code and split his designs into components for modular & maintainable codebase.
Customer Overview
Ravikiran Dhulipala hails from a small city in Andhra Pradesh and is working as a UX Engineer in one of the largest IT companies of India. On the side, he loves building problem-solving products, like his current Pilgrimage Notification service that notifies people when the famous Tirumala Temple starts accepting visitors.
Ravikiran personally experienced the lack of communication to the pilgrims by the temple’s online booking system, and observed on Telegram and WhatsApp groups that pilgrims were complaining about missing the bookings. This drove him to solve this problem by notifying interested users about any release of booking quota as soon as they go live.
Creating responsive code takes time and effort & debugging the styles in the browser’s developer tool to make them pixel-perfect is a different ball game altogether.
This means more time will be spent on the user interface instead of the core functionality of the app. This includes extending the code to incorporate third-party libraries and optimizing the code for search engines.
Ravikiran’s app was focused more on providing a robust system for timely notifications, but coming from a Product Management background he understood that design played an important role to communicate with the end users and answer any questions they might have.
Ravikiran stumbled across one of our YouTube videos and after checking out our website, he realised this is exactly the solution he was looking for.
By trying out the Locofy.ai plugin and following the official guides, within 10 minutes Ravikiran was impressed with the code quality, the reduced design efforts, and the high-fidelity prototype generated instantly.
Locofy.ai enabled Ravikiran to focus on his problem statement by providing him with a responsive, production-ready React code that was also highly extensible for easier integration of functionalities.
This allowed him to generate a frontend code that was not only readable & pixel-perfect but also extensible, allowing him to plug in a database and easily collect the emails of the interested users.
And because Locofy.ai exports code in React & frameworks like Next.js and instantly creates components through AI, it allows builders just like Ravikiran to move fast and integrate services like Firebase without breaking a sweat. With the combination of these two technologies, he was able to create a fast, responsive site and collect the email IDs of interested pilgrims. Using this collection of emails, he used SendGrid to mail them every time the bookings opened.
Locofy has made a significant impact on my web development by saving countless hours of manual coding. A must try plugin for every developer & designer to save their team development efforts. It enabled me create responsive React code with the help of AI and helped me focus more on extending the code and adding functionalities to it.
Locofy.ai helps builders with different levels of experience generate production-ready code that follows the best practices, essentially allowing them to focus on more productive matters.
What’s more is that the Locofy.ai generated code is also extensible which further facilitates the quick implementation of dynamic features such as authentication, database, animation and other such functionality.
Additionally, you can easily customise the code with UI libraries, TailwindCSS, CSS modules, and even add TypeScript support.
A mailing service that keeps you updated about upcoming seva bookings.
Enabling Builders to Ship 5-10x Faster!
By generating extensible frontend code that follows the best practices, Locofy.ai enables builders from different backgrounds -- such as developers, designers and product managers, bring their designs to live rapidly.
Amazed by the code quality and the extensive use of AI to facilitate the design to code process, Locofy.ai plugin enabled Ravikiran to solve a problem that he personally faced and share it with people who might be facing the same issue. It enabled him to significantly speed up his shipping process and allocate 70% of the time he saved into enhancing the features of his app.
