Piyush Barik

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Lancaster University · 2024 to 2025

iLancaster App

Improving a mobile product students reach for every week, not once a term.

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iLancaster App · public case study, mobile, student experience

Role

Junior Frontend Developer

Year

2024 to 2025

Stack

  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • Expo
  • Redux Toolkit
  • React Query
  • AWS AppSync

Overview

The app sits inside the daily rhythm of campus life, so interface quality, reliability, and clarity matter more than novelty.

Challenge

  1. Support a wide range of everyday student tasks in one app.
  2. Keep the experience responsive across iOS and Android.
  3. Ship improvements without breaking flows people already know.

Approach

  1. Worked in React Native and TypeScript across production-facing features.
  2. Improved UI quality while integrating with connected data services.
  3. Kept a steady mobile release cycle in a live app.

Outcomes

  1. Shipped improvements to a product people use every day.
  2. Got deeper into cross-platform mobile delivery.
  3. Learned a lot about reliability and how a phone app should feel in the hand.

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