Build Log

ForgeHome: Event Prep Dish Tracking

June 21, 2026

Courtney's first real session surfaced a bug — planned dishes weren't persisting on the week view. Fixed with server-side dish query, persistent pill UI, and a remove flow that auto-clears the cart.

ForgeHomeFixUX

bug fixed

new DELETE route

files changed

spins

Timeline

Start

Ideation Ritual + Shaping Pass

First real usage signal from Zeb. Bug identified: planned dishes not persisting on week view.

10m

Code read + design

Read LookaheadCard, week page, recipe-grocery route, schema. Designed four-file fix before touching code.

25m

Built + typechecked

DELETE route, DB query in page, existingDishes prop, pill chip UI with remove. tsc clean.

End

Confirmed working in browser

Zeb verified: looks great and works. Session wrapped.

What shipped

DELETE /api/events/recipe-grocery — removes all groceryItems for a given eventRouteItemId + dishLabel pair

Week page now queries groceryItems grouped by eventRouteItemId and passes existingDishes to each LookaheadCard

LookaheadCard renders existing dishes as persistent pill chips visible without opening the Plan panel

Remove button on each chip calls DELETE optimistically — chip disappears, groceries auto-removed from cart

Adding a new dish via Plan panel also appends a chip immediately (optimistic update)

“great. looks great and works. this was a good quick product session. let's wrap”
— Zeb — after verifying the fix