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18 May 2026 · 4 min

How we built Fuel Finder in a weekend

Live forecourt pricing, geolocation and an AI ranker — shipped in 48 hours with zero login, zero ads and zero friction for drivers.

The itch

Petrol prices swing 15p between forecourts a mile apart. Existing apps wanted accounts, ads and a tour. We wanted a single tap.

The stack

Lovable + a geolocation hook + a small AI ranker that biases for distance vs price. No database for v1 — just a daily refresh into an edge cache.

What we'd do differently

Skip the ranker for v1. A sorted list beat the AI on every test we ran. Ship the dumb version, then earn the smart one.

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