From Idea to Brand: What I Learned in Two Years Building FoodOS

2 years ago, FoodOS was just an idea💡. Today, we’ve turned that idea into a brand that helps restaurants build their custom websites and apps. I’m a Flutter developer and I know it very well than any other tech and it gives me at least 3x boost. Let me explain how, starting with what I’ve learned over these past 2 years.

Is It Easy to Bring Your Ideas to Life? No — But It’s Possible

Our idea was simple: to build a platform that offers custom apps and websites for restaurants. Together, we even took on more complex projects for numerous companies. Initially, we thought we could complete the platform in 3–4 months, dedicating just a few hours each day & weekends. However, we soon realized how challenging the implementation would be.

The first two weeks were great. Both of us were excited, and our motivation was at its peak. Zesan focused on designing the UI/UX, while I handled the coding. Together, we analyzed our competitors, discovering many cool features we wanted to incorporate into our platform. This made the project big then bigger and even increasingly complex.

As the weeks passed, our motivation waned, and our progress slowed because we didn’t have enough time to code, analyze our competitors, and research the…