Side project · Web app
The Diet Coke Index
A Bloomberg Terminal for Diet Coke. Built around the sacred 2:15 PM office slump, it instantly finds the coldest, cheapest pour near you—whether that’s a $1.39 McDonald’s fountain cup or an 18-pack on sale down the street. No clutter, zero ads, and one tap into Apple Maps.
- Year
- 2026
- Service
- Product design, front-end, audio synthesis
- Client
- Personal
- Built in
- Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Web Audio API
the core problem
Paying $3.50 for a lukewarm 20oz plastic bottle at a corner bodega is daylight robbery. Two blocks over, there's a fountain machine serving a crisp 32-ounce cup for $1.29, or a supermarket running 24-packs for 37 cents a can. But nobody has time to open three different apps and do mental unit math when they just need an afternoon pick-me-up.
the architecture
I treated a 12oz aluminum can with the deadpan seriousness of high-frequency trading. Tap once to lock your location, and you get two clear answers: The Burn (the best ice-cold single nearby) and The Stash (the smartest bulk deal to stock your fridge). It routes directly into Apple Maps or Google Maps, plays a crisp synthesized can-crack on tap, and breaks down retail savings right to the milligram of caffeine. Hosted entirely on GitHub Pages, it costs $0 a month to run.
