Nomad Ops
Stop Googling 'best city for digital nomads' and get an answer that's actually about you
Personalized city scoring
Routine + place discovery
Built by a 5-agent team
The Problem
After 6+ years of living as a digital nomad, I still go through the same research project every time I pick my next city. WiFi speed, cost of living, coworking quality, timezone overlap with whoever I'm working with, visa requirements. Every time, it's a dozen browser tabs and Reddit threads.
No single app pulls all of this together in a way that actually helps you decide. Nomad List is great for browsing, but I wanted something that scores locations based on what matters to me specifically, not just generic rankings.
How It Works
- Location scoring engine that rates cities and neighborhoods based on your personal priorities, not one-size-fits-all rankings
- Routine builder for daily habits like gym, coworking, and meals, so you can see if a city actually fits your lifestyle
- Place discovery powered by Google Places. Find coworking spaces, cafes, gyms, and restaurants near you
- Check-in system to track where you've been and how you liked it
- Explore mode for browsing new destinations and comparing them side by side
- Onboarding flow that learns your preferences upfront so recommendations are useful from day one
The Build
This is the most ambitious vibecoding project I've done. A full monorepo with a FastAPI backend and React Native/Expo frontend. 95 files. ~20,800 lines of code.
The interesting part was the build process itself. I used a 5-agent parallel team in Claude Code: one for infrastructure, one for backend core, one for mobile core, and two more for backend features and mobile features. They worked simultaneously, which is wild when you think about it. An infrastructure agent setting up Docker Compose with Postgres and Redis while other agents built the API routes and screens in parallel.
The backend runs on FastAPI with SQLAlchemy async and Alembic for migrations. The mobile app is Expo SDK 54 with React Native. Everything talks through a clean REST API with JWT auth and Apple Sign In.
What's Next
The full codebase is built and committed. Right now I'm setting up my Apple Developer account (registering a UAE Apple ID for 0% tax on monetization). Once that's approved, it's EAS Build and TestFlight for real device testing. Then the fun part: actually using it to pick my next city.