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 😄
Interesting idea! Gamifying dental habits makes sense.
Quick question: how did you land on the name "CluckClean"? Did you validate it globally (pronunciation, domains, etc.) before committing?
Curious about your naming process! 👍
I love the idea behind this and kudos for making something creative and unique. I would say that the humour is a bit lost on the fact that the AI-generated content looks and feels AI-generated and more cringey than humorous. But since you made it "silly" on purpose it actually works ;)