React

I set out to learn how to create a native app using Expo and React Native, starting with the Art Institute of Chicago API. This project serves as a proof-of-concept for a future company focused on educational apps—and a deep dive into cross-platform development with Expo.

Building a survey app sounds simple—until you're debugging silent 500 errors and reshaping malformed form data into strict API payloads. In this post, I walk through how I tackled real-world API quirks using Next.js 14—from handling CORS and transforming data, to creating resilient and user-friendly form flows.

How I built a schema-driven form renderer using React, TypeScript, and Zod, with custom hooks and reusable field components.