WhereTF

The first AI-powered home inventory app built for busy households. Stop asking “Where TF is it?”—start finding your stuff fast, without the “did you even look?” argument.

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Inspiration

I wanted to build something widely relatable, and nothing felt more universally shared (and frustrating) than the daily hunt for household items. My inspiration came from home: my husband has what I lovingly call "man eyes"... he’s constantly asking me where things are without actually looking. I, like many women, seem to have a mental inventory of everything in the house. It’s a dynamic that plays out in homes everywhere, and it gets even worse with more people in the house.

What started as a goofy idea turned into a genuinely useful tool: WhereTF helps you inventory your whole house in minutes. You can even share read-only links with guests like Airbnb visitors or house sitters.

What it does

WhereTF helps you log and locate your household items quickly, collaboratively, and with a bit of humour. Check out the project media in my submission, or my video, for a peek at what WhereTF looks like in action.

  • Add items by voice or text - AI processes voice input to store items individually in a searchable database, tagged to containers and rooms
  • AI-powered location suggestions - e.g., "Your hiking stuff is usually in the basement, try looking in the green duffel bag."
  • Add everyone in your household so you're never the only one searching
  • Panic Mode for those high-stakes moments (yes, it yells tips at you)

I wanted to ensure that WhereTF is lightweight and fast to add items - otherwise no one will use it!

How I built it

WhereTF was built over the course of a month, as a team of one, entirely in my spare time while working full-time (and I got married in June!). Bolt made it possible to launch a real product - without writing a single line of code. While I work in tech, I don't know how to code, so this was a great challenge for me!

I used:

  • Bolt.new as the core platform to build and connect everything together
  • Supabase for backend and authentication (Bolt handled the integration)
  • ElevenLabs for voice AI, making the app conversational
  • Netlify for deployment
  • Stripe for payment integration (this one took the longest!)
  • Entri + IONOS for securing my custom domain: www.where-tf.com

Challenges I ran into

The biggest challenge? Integrating Stripe.

What seemed like a simple task turned into days of troubleshooting, debugging, and forums - I was close to quitting. Integrating the Stripe sandbox went so swimmingly, I posted a video about how easy it was! When it came time to upgrade to live Stripe, I nearly cried, it went so terribly wrong. I used so many tokens setting up the subscription functionality, I really didn't want to remove it. Over many frustrated days, I figured it out (and started to feel like a real software engineer).

Also, in a twist of irony, my demo of Panic Mode (the funniest feature in the app) didn’t work due to screen share issues when I was invited onto the Bolt Builder Feature Livestream. But hey, it’s all part of the fun!

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

  • I built this entire product as a team of one with zero development experience. I had never set up a database before, couldn’t code, and honestly thought Supabase was a rap. I was able to ship this entire product without phoning a software engineer friend for help (I'm so proud of this!!)
  • I was invited to be featured on Bolt’s live project stream Bolt.new Hackathon Livestream
  • Integrated Stripe, Supabase, voice AI, and full deployment workflows
  • Secured a custom domain and shipped on time
  • Generated over 60,000 views across platforms sharing the build-in-public journey Viral Success
  • Got reposted and encouraged by Bolt leadership and judges Judge cheering me on
  • Received real-world feedback from users who immediately wanted to use it or share it with their families Community Feedback

What we learned

  • Building in public is powerful. Sharing your journey brings encouragement, accountability, and incredible feedback. Social Media Praise
  • No-code tools are more powerful than ever- but integrating systems like Stripe is honestly still really tough

What's next for WhereTF

  • Packaging this into a mobile app and launching on iOS and Android app stores
  • Improving AI-powered search and optimizing AI components to reduce infrastructure costs
  • Enhancing onboarding, reminders, and collaborative controls to serve larger households

Challenges I’m entering

  • Custom Domain Challenge - www.where-tf.com was secured via Entri & IONOS. The name itself is the solution: when someone shouts, “Where TF is it?”, now there’s an app for that. It works equally well as “Where To Find” or “Where The F***,” depending on whether you're showing your grandma ;).

  • Voice AI Challenge - I used ElevenLabs to solve the single biggest problem with inventory apps: no one wants to add thousands of items one by one. With voice mode, users just describe what’s in a cabinet, and ElevenLabs + AI handles the rest... breaking it into individual items, tagged to containers and rooms. I also used ElevenLabs' API for Panic Mode, where a sarcastic voice yells unhelpful tips like, “Have you even TRIED opening your eyes?”, a crowd favourite on socials.

  • Deploy Challenge - Deployed the full-stack Bolt app on Netlify with ease.

  • Startup Challenge - Integrated Supabase for backend and Stripe for monetization - proving that no-code can power serious apps.

Bonus Prizes I'm Targeting

  • Uniquely Useful Tool - WhereTF solves a real-world, everyday problem that everyone can relate to. It’s simple, fast, and actually fun other inventory apps aren’t.

  • Sharpest Problem Fit WhereTF is designed specifically to help households stop losing stuff and asking each other questions about where things are. It's a problem that I think affects every single household around the world.

  • Most Viral Project - From my videos, I was able to accumulate over 60,000+ views across TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube. I was lucky to receive tons of shares, encouragement from the Bolt team, and a snowball of support from friends, family, followers, and so many internet strangers that started following my journey.

  • Top Build-in-Public Journey - I documented every step, from thinking about quitting, to debugging Stripe, to finally launching. I was even invited to speak on Bolt’s featured project stream. The response online was incredible. 60,000+ views!

  • We Didn’t Know We Needed This - The most common comment I got: “My partner and I NEED this, we’ve been talking about how someone needs to build this forever. I’m sharing it with them immediately.” What started as a joke became a product people now say they can’t live without.

Thanks for your time reading my submission! If you’ve ever lost something at home and thought, "There has to be a better way…" now there is. It’s called WhereTF.

Built With

  • bolt.new
  • elevenlabs
  • entri
  • ionos
  • openai
  • stripe
  • supabase
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