The Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) is a striking African songbird. While not native to Singapore, small populations have been spotted regularly since 1986.
Tracked with https://bird-index-tracker.preview.emergentagent.com/
I'd been birdwatching since the COVID years and sharing photos on my IG @inthegreenlane. But IG didn't have a good way for me to keep track of the number of species I've photographed over the years, and I also could never search my own collection for photos of unique birds I'd taken years before.
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I was aware of apps like Merlin and ebird that can perform those functions, but didn't want the hassle of having to update a separate platform.
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So I thought I'd build my own app that simply pulls from my IG record and performs a count and makes my IG photo collection searchable. I have zero coding knowledge, but vibe coding seemed to hold promise for the code illiterate :)
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I played around with Base44 and Replit, but came to settle on Emergent as my preferred platform to build. It really got me further than I imagined!
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Thought I'd share the preview of what I have so far, after spending a tidy sum of 21 bucks on credits. Still building! Happy to hear ideas of what else might be useful to add to an app like this!