Lisha Kothari

Building products that matter, from 0 → 1 to scale.

Side quests

Things I built for fun (and because I needed them)

FitTrack

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I wanted to lose weight but hated logging meals manually. Every calorie tracking app felt like homework. I also wore a WHOOP but had to open a separate app to see my recovery data. So I built one dashboard that does both - snap a photo of my food, get instant macro breakdowns, and see my WHOOP stats in the same place.

  • WHOOP integration - live recovery, HRV, sleep, strain with 7-day trend charts
  • AI food logging - snap a photo, Claude Vision identifies items and breaks down macros
  • Animated macro rings tracking calories, protein, carbs, and fat in real-time
  • Weight projection chart calculated from actual logged calorie data
Next.js 15TypeScriptTailwind CSSTurso (SQLite)WHOOP APIClaude Vision APIRecharts

Job Scout

Job hunting as a PM is exhausting. Relevant roles are scattered across LinkedIn, Hacker News, Twitter, Wellfound, and HasJob - and 95% of listings are irrelevant. I was spending an hour every morning just scrolling. So I automated the entire thing: scrape everything, filter with an LLM, and get a clean email digest twice a day.

  • Scrapes LinkedIn, Hacker News, Twitter/X, Wellfound, and HasJob concurrently
  • 3-stage filter: keyword pre-filter, location matching, then Gemini Flash LLM scoring
  • Triple-layered deduplication - URL-based, cross-source, and historical
  • Runs on GitHub Actions cron (8 AM + 6 PM IST) - zero infrastructure cost
Python 3.12asyncio + httpxBeautifulSoupPydanticGemini APIGitHub Actions

Reading Companion

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I used to be a crazy reader as a kid - 3 books a week at 15, Sidney Sheldon, Dan Brown, the works. Then life happened (college, work, phones) and I basically stopped for 8 years. I still love reading - I finished a book at the airport recently and couldn't put it down - but at home, the phone and TV always win because they're easier. So I built myself a reading companion that emails me book recommendations written like a friend telling me a wild story, has a cozy 3D bookshelf to track everything I've read, and a bookstore mode for when I'm at Blossoms holding a book and need an instant buy-or-skip decision.

  • 3D CSS bookshelf with perspective transforms, gradient spines, and fairy lights
  • Bookstore mode - type a title, get a Claude-powered verdict based on my taste profile
  • Twice-weekly email recs written as story hooks, not generic suggestions
  • Living taste profile derived from 62+ logged books - learns as I read more
Next.js 16React 19Tailwind CSS v4Claude APIUpstash RedisGitHub ActionsNodemailer

Books I've been reading 📚

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The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Kane and Abel

Kane and Abel

Jeffrey Archer

The Other Side of Midnight

The Other Side of Midnight

Sidney Sheldon

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

Dan Brown

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Inspired

Inspired

Marty Cagan

Don't Make Me Think

Don't Make Me Think

Steve Krug

The Mom Test

The Mom Test

Rob Fitzpatrick

Eleven Minutes

Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho

Brida

Brida

Paulo Coelho

Veronika Decides to Die

Veronika Decides to Die

Paulo Coelho

The Zahir

The Zahir

Paulo Coelho

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Paulo Coelho

The Valkyries

The Valkyries

Paulo Coelho

Maktub

Maktub

Paulo Coelho

The Witch of Portobello

The Witch of Portobello

Paulo Coelho

Adultery

Adultery

Paulo Coelho

The Winner Stands Alone

The Winner Stands Alone

Paulo Coelho

Manuscript Found in Accra

Manuscript Found in Accra

Paulo Coelho

The Fifth Mountain

The Fifth Mountain

Paulo Coelho

The Spy

The Spy

Paulo Coelho

Hippie

Hippie

Paulo Coelho

The Archer

The Archer

Paulo Coelho

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