Can I Park Here: Solving the Parking Sign Puzzle
Can I Park Here is a progressive web app that interprets confusing parking signs from photos and delivers instant yes/no guidance in plain English. Leveraging AI tools across design, copywriting, and development, I shipped the full product solo in just 4 days. The app combines OpenAI's GPT-4o vision recognition with a playful, personality-driven interface featuring retro-style Shiba Inu illustrations.
Contributions
Product strategy
UX/UI Design
Visual design
Technical specs
AI prompt engineering
Full-stack development
Deployment
Duration
Aug 2025
Key Results
Key Results
Key Results
Shipped in just 4 days
Successfully handles complex multi-rule parking signs
Provides accurate interpretations with a personality-driven interface
Shipped in just 4 days
Successfully handles complex multi-rule parking signs
Provides accurate interpretations with a personality-driven interface
Shipped in just 4 days
Successfully handles complex multi-rule parking signs
Provides accurate interpretations with a personality-driven interface
Challenge
Challenge
Challenge
Anyone who's driven in a city gets this quandary: you find a parking spot, but the sign has three different restrictions stacked on top of each other. You spend ten minutes decoding "NO PARKING 2 HOUR LIMIT MON-FRI 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAYS" and still aren't sure if you'll get a ticket. Parking signs are infamously confusing, combining multiple time restrictions, day-of-week rules, and exceptions that leave drivers anxious and uncertain.
Anyone who's driven in a city gets this quandary: you find a parking spot, but the sign has three different restrictions stacked on top of each other. You spend ten minutes decoding "NO PARKING 2 HOUR LIMIT MON-FRI 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAYS" and still aren't sure if you'll get a ticket. Parking signs are infamously confusing, combining multiple time restrictions, day-of-week rules, and exceptions that leave drivers anxious and uncertain.
Anyone who's driven in a city gets this quandary: you find a parking spot, but the sign has three different restrictions stacked on top of each other. You spend ten minutes decoding "NO PARKING 2 HOUR LIMIT MON-FRI 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAYS" and still aren't sure if you'll get a ticket. Parking signs are infamously confusing, combining multiple time restrictions, day-of-week rules, and exceptions that leave drivers anxious and uncertain.
Solution
Solution
Solution
I designed and built Can I Park Here (View live app)—a progressive web app that interprets parking signs from photos and tells you instantly whether you can park at the current time.
Guiding Principles
Helpful: Tackles everyday frustration with clear, actionable guidance
Informative: Cuts through parking sign chaos with plain-English explanations
Fun: Transforms a dreaded task into something enjoyable with bright colors and playful design
I designed and built Can I Park Here (View live app)—a progressive web app that interprets parking signs from photos and tells you instantly whether you can park at the current time.
Guiding Principles
Helpful: Tackles everyday frustration with clear, actionable guidance
Informative: Cuts through parking sign chaos with plain-English explanations
Fun: Transforms a dreaded task into something enjoyable with bright colors and playful design
I designed and built Can I Park Here (View live app)—a progressive web app that interprets parking signs from photos and tells you instantly whether you can park at the current time.
Guiding Principles
Helpful: Tackles everyday frustration with clear, actionable guidance
Informative: Cuts through parking sign chaos with plain-English explanations
Fun: Transforms a dreaded task into something enjoyable with bright colors and playful design
Tool Stack
Tool Stack
Tool Stack
I leveraged AI tools as a "machete through the jungle"—rapidly iterating across product strategy, visual design, copywriting, and development. This approach enabled me to own the entire product lifecycle as a solo designer while maintaining creative control and staying close to the work.
Design & Protoyping
Figma: Visual design and mockups
Lovable: Rapid prototyping and design implementation
I leveraged AI tools as a "machete through the jungle"—rapidly iterating across product strategy, visual design, copywriting, and development. This approach enabled me to own the entire product lifecycle as a solo designer while maintaining creative control and staying close to the work.
Design & Protoyping
Figma: Visual design and mockups
Lovable: Rapid prototyping and design implementation
I leveraged AI tools as a "machete through the jungle"—rapidly iterating across product strategy, visual design, copywriting, and development. This approach enabled me to own the entire product lifecycle as a solo designer while maintaining creative control and staying close to the work.
Design & Protoyping
Figma: Visual design and mockups
Lovable: Rapid prototyping and design implementation
AI Assistants
ChatGPT: Product/technical specs, UX writing, voice & tone guidelines, code help
Midjourney: Image asset creation
AI Assistants
ChatGPT: Product/technical specs, UX writing, voice & tone guidelines, code help
Midjourney: Image asset creation
AI Assistants
ChatGPT: Product/technical specs, UX writing, voice & tone guidelines, code help
Midjourney: Image asset creation
AI Assistants
ChatGPT: Product/technical specs, UX writing, voice & tone guidelines, code help
Midjourney: Image asset creation
AI Assistants
ChatGPT: Product/technical specs, UX writing, voice & tone guidelines, code help
Midjourney: Image asset creation
AI Assistants
ChatGPT: Product/technical specs, UX writing, voice & tone guidelines, code help
Midjourney: Image asset creation
Development & Deployment
OpenAI GPT-4o: Parking sign interpretation
Vercel: Automated deployment and hosting
Development & Deployment
OpenAI GPT-4o: Parking sign interpretation
Vercel: Automated deployment and hosting
Development & Deployment
OpenAI GPT-4o: Parking sign interpretation
Vercel: Automated deployment and hosting