The problem
Everyday inventory is surprisingly complicated: what is on hand, when it was added, what is used, and what needs replacing? A useful prototype needs to reduce the work of maintaining it.
The prototype
I built and demonstrated an interactive household tracking prototype. A senior software engineer who saw the demo was interested in a version he could deploy himself.
Engineering lesson
Once someone else wants to run an application, build steps, configuration, documentation, and data ownership matter as much as the on-screen experience.
Before open-source publication
Audit and recover the current source, remove credentials and private sample data, choose dependencies and licensing deliberately, and validate setup in a clean environment with clear README instructions.
What it does not claim
The project has not yet been represented as a verified open-source package or broadly adopted service; the current value is in its functioning prototype and workflow design.