Building an AI Concierge Chatbot for a Luxury Wellness Resort
How I built a live AI-powered guest assistant for Himalayan Nirvana Resort using the OpenAI API, Next.js, and what I learned about hospitality chatbots the hard way.
Practical engineering articles about AI, AWS serverless, React Native, and building technology for hospitality and wellness. No fluff, just real experience.
How I built a live AI-powered guest assistant for Himalayan Nirvana Resort using the OpenAI API, Next.js, and what I learned about hospitality chatbots the hard way.
Architecture deep-dive into migrating Himalayan Nirvana Resort’s guest inquiry system from shared hosting to AWS serverless — Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and cost projections.
Not another “journey” post. Real lessons from 7 years building mobile apps — about hiring, architecture, clients, and knowing when to rewrite.
Lessons from developing a field inspection app used by US government inspectors — offline sync, compliance, form design, and the constraints of government software.
I’ve built production apps in both. Here’s my honest take on which framework suits hospitality, wellness, and resort projects — and why I still pick React Native.
The real story of converting a US state government inspection app from Xamarin to React Native — the bugs, the patterns that didn’t transfer, and what I’d do differently.
Nepal’s hotels and resorts are digitizing fast, but most are still running on shared hosting and spreadsheets. Here’s what cloud-native could change for hospitality in Nepal.