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SOLO DEVELOPMENT

The 9 Month Solo Development Journey of Skiwise

And the takeaways I learned from it.

Spencer

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Skiwise App as of today (9/13/2020)

What is Skiwise?

Skiwise is an app I’ve been developing with the goal of connecting cross country skiers with a network of their peers to share knowledge around trail conditions, social events, weather changes, and more. Originally beginning in November 2019, I’ve been working on this project for almost 700 hours total over the course of 9 months.

I’m writing this article today to go through the whole development journey to date, and look at what sort of hurdles and challenges I had to overcome through the process. I hope this article serves to give some inspiration and direction to other developers looking to start similar projects.

Enjoy the read. Thanks!

Origin

Skiwise was born in November of 2019. At this time I had just finished up redoing my personal website (https://spencerpauly.com) and was now sitting in-between projects. If you’re anything like me then you know that being in-between projects is the worst. It means you wake up and…

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