Show IH: CluckClean – Built a chicken-powered dental motivator for dev-dot-to's Google AI Challenge

Hey Indie Hackers,

I just submitted an entry to dev.to's New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge (Google AI edition): CluckClean 🐔🪥

It's a fun, whimsical portfolio site disguised as a dental hygiene motivator. A cheeky cartoon chicken mascot (Duolingo-style) encourages users to brush/floss better, powered by Google Gemini for generating punny daily tips and personalized advice.

Why a chicken? To inject joy into dev work—my "New Year, New You" goal was to build something silly yet technically solid, using AI to accelerate prototyping.

Tech stack:

• Next.js 16 (App Router + TS)
• Tailwind CSS + glassmorphism styling
• Framer Motion for subtle spring animations
• Google Gemini API (1.5-flash) for tip generation
• Deployed on Google Cloud Run (challenge requirement)

Built it fast with Grok + Cursor/Continue.dev in VSCode.

Live on dev.to with full write-up + demo link: https://dev.to/datadr1ven/from-boring-portfolios-to-chicken-powered-motivation-building-cluckclean-with-gemini-4dfg

Would love your thoughts:

• Does the humor land, or too silly?
• Any UX polish ideas?
• Would you actually use something like this for habit-building?

Thanks for reading—open to feedback, roast, or cluck puns 😄