Somni

Inspiration# Somni – Sleepless Vibe Coding of a Sleep-Enhancing App

The Origin

When I was thinking about what project to prepare for the hackathon, I had many ideas. But this one came from life itself.

Although I usually don’t remember my dreams, these were vivid and recurring. I thought – interesting, how should I interpret them? Interesting that the same themes keep coming back. I wondered how others experience this. And how it could be explored.

The Questions

There are as many answers to the meaning of dreams as there are people to ask. And I wanted to know them all:

The scientific perspective
The spiritual/magical one
And Jung’s analytical viewpoint

So I decided to bring to life a group of dream guides using Eleven Labs who would answer all of these questions for me.

Building Somni

Before the hackathon, I only knew RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) by name – something that works "under the hood." Despite that, I managed to:

Design and prepare all the necessary data
Split books by Jung and Freud, scientific articles, and texts on Eastern dream interpretation into manageable chunks

I tested various models. Many, like the one I use for dream embeddings, are open-source and run for free in the backend. I spent a lot of time thinking about optimization.

The project kept growing. Ideas multiplied. But I managed to stay focused on the main goal without getting too distracted.

The Tech

The project quickly outgrew the capabilities of Bolt. I tried my best to contain it, but eventually had to go beyond the ecosystem and use Claude Code for support.

Still, the foundations and main ideas were born in Bolt.

Reflection

Curiosity drove me to build one of the most ambitious projects of my life. The possibilities of vibe coding are endless — taking on the roles of the entire team, from designer to backend engineer, I built a full-fledged mobile application on my own.

Of course, it's still an MVP, and I have many ideas for future development. As soon as I get some sleep, I’ll fork the repos and keep vibe coding.

What’s Next

Now it’s time to move forward. I’ve already integrated:

Vector databases
A fully functional React Native app
Multiple AI models for different purposes
Eleven Labs for voice synthesis

The next essential step will be a watchOS extension, which will truly make Somni a unique application.

Gratitude

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the hackathon – for the spark that pushed me to go beyond my limits, and for the satisfaction of building something I truly believe in.