Full-Stack Price Comparison App from Figma Wireframe to Azure Production in Two Weeks
Deal Scout aggregates prices across major e-commerce platforms and alerts users when prices drop. Built as a velocity experiment compressing 3-month timelines into 2 weeks.
Date
August 2023
Duration
2 weeks
Team
Solo
Category
E-COMMERCE
The Problem
Consumers lose hundreds of dollars annually buying at non-optimal prices. Existing comparison tools are slow, outdated, and lack proactive alerts — requiring manual checking.
The Solution
Deal Scout runs distributed web-scraping pipelines on Azure Functions, normalizes product data, and surfaces the best current price with historical trend charts. Users subscribe to price drops and receive instant notifications.
01
Distributed Scraping Pipeline
Parallel Azure Functions scrape 8+ major retailers on scheduled intervals.
02
Price Drop Alerts
Email/push notifications triggered when watched products drop below user-set thresholds.
03
Historical Price Charts
React charts visualize 90-day price history to identify seasonal patterns and optimal buy windows.
04
Product URL Import
Paste any product URL and Deal Scout auto-detects the retailer and activates tracking.
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