Spritpreise
Launched in 2016 as my very first project. Shortly after I got my driver’s license, I was looking for an Android app to compare fuel prices. The user interface of competitor apps in particular was often rudimentary and lacked some margin and padding. So, as a young developer in the middle of my training with quite a bit of overconfidence I thought to myself: There must be a better way! I can’t remember exactly how long the development time was until the release, but it seemed like an eternity and was characterized by a steep learning curve.
The first versions offered little to no features apart from displaying the current fuel prices at an address. Later, favorites, a consumption calculator, statistics, fuel recommendations and a widget were added, making the app what it is today.
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As all relatively “old” projects, it has gone through many cycles of “Oh God, what is this code” and the associated refactorings. By now, it is fully converted to Kotlin and using lots of state-of-the art libraries such as Jetpack’s Room, Coroutines, Koin and many more.
The backend is operated by tankerkönig. In addition, there is a simple REST API that enables actions such as removing advertisements free of charge.