IP-Adress-Tracker

What are you most proud of, and what would you do differently next time?

Well, this was fun to tackle until it wasn't 😅

At first glance, it’s a simple lookup app: enter an IP or domain, get location data and a map. But the moment you start going beyond the surface — adding features, optimizing state, abstracting logic, handling API responses gracefully — you realize how much depth even the “small” projects can have.

Some things I explored and learned deeply:

• State abstraction with custom hooks and context
• LocalStorage integration to preserve search history
• Alert & error handling for better UX
• Accessibility via ARIA attributes
• Responsive design with Tailwind CSS
• Theme toggle with animated transitions
• Component structure + file organization that scales

It’s far from perfect, and I know I overengineered a few parts (guilty 😅), but I’m proud of pushing beyond the scope and actually finishing it. The process humbled me — especially when juggling between logic reuse, UI polish, and avoiding re-renders.

✨ If you’re just starting out, I highly recommend taking this challenge and building it like it’s production. The difference is in how you think about: error boundaries user feedback clean abstraction performance

How do you approach optimizing small React projects? Do you lean into abstraction early or refactor later?