Indie dev's trip planner fails 3 AI review rounds before making offline prices read-only

SeanOliver · x · 2026-10-26

An indie developer added a Budget tab to a trip planner app that totals prices per currency (demo shows €840 + $1,840 across Berlin and Rothenburg). Three consecutive AI review rounds each failed on the previous fix: in-memory drafts lost on reload, a leave-page prompt never firing on iOS, and device-saved drafts overwriting newer prices. The final pragmatic fix: make prices read-only while offline.

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