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(RE)ROUTE 2.0

The city as an open world game.

In a world of AI that steals intentionality and attention, (re)Route gives you permission to be present.

AIProduct DesignUX ResearchFull-Stack

Global

Master's Thesis · Prototype

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SNAPP

A word a day. Infinite discovery.

This web app helps humans look up from their screens to discover the beauty around them through daily quests.

Product DesignFull-StackUXGamification

Barcelona

Deployed · Feb 2026

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JOBHUNTER

Jobs board, but make it zen.

An AI-free listing aggregator that scores roles against your profile while taking care of your mental health.

UX DesignFull-StackProductEmotional Design

Global

Deployed · 2026

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jobhunter.app

(RE)ROUTE

What if navigation optimised for quality, not just speed?

This web app reimagines walking as an experience with routing for safety, discovery, and human-ness.

AIUX ResearchProduct DesignData

Barcelona

Master's Thesis · Prototype · On-going

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PLANMYTRIP

A planning tool that thinks like an editor.

This online builder turns trip itineraries into interactive editorials.

FrontendEditorial DesignInteractive

Global

Deployed · Mar 2026

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planmytrip.app

about.exe

00:00:01INFOBooting lyla_huang.exe...

00:00:02OKIdentity loaded: Strategist turned builder

00:00:03INFORunning career.log...

00:00:04LOG[2015] NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE — Communications graduate. Entered advertising.

00:00:04LOG[2015–17] HAVAS_SG — Scaled client IG 4000%. First award.

00:00:05LOG[2018–21] BLKJ_SG — Writer → Senior Writer. Led social team.

00:00:05LOG[2021–22] GOOGLE_APAC — Partnered with 133 SMEs across APAC.

00:00:06LOG[2022–25] FREELANCE — 20+ clients. Strategy, copy, brand.

00:00:06WARN[2025–26] ELISAVA_BCN — Masters in Human Interaction & AI.

00:00:07OK[2026] BUILD_MODE — Products. Vibe coding. Experimentation. // current

00:00:08INFOScanning /archive/...

scoot-savage/ 4x Award Winner

MCI-onwards/ National TVC

MWSG-passion-stories/ Brand Film Series

fairprice-pun/ Gold Markies 2017

scoot-hipsters/ Brand Film

scoot-inflight/ Video Series

00:00:10INFOAwards: Rising Star '18 | Gold Markies '17 | 2S+3B '18 | Grand Prize IG Cannes '16

00:00:11WARNSignal detected:

00:00:11OKI spent a decade selling stuff for brands. Now, I create products for people.

00:00:12OKProcess complete. _

capabilities.dll

Strategy

Brand strategy & positioning
Consumer insights & research
Content strategy & messaging

Design

Product design (concept → prototype)
UI/UX design
Editorial & interaction design

Build

Frontend design
AI workflows & prompting
APIs, data, and integrations

Communicate

Writing & storytelling
Cross-functional collaboration
Stakeholder alignment

contact.txt

📩 lyla.huangyanling@gmail.com

🔗 linkedin.com/in/lyla-huang/

Barcelona, ES & Singapore, SG

Open to Product Management, Creative Technologist, Brand Strategy & adjacent future-forward roles within the EU & APAC.

readme.txt

Hey! You found the readme.

This portfolio was built with Astro, too many sleepless nights, and long conversations with Claude.

If you're reading this, you're the kind of person I want to work with!

Say hi → lyla.huangyanling@gmail.com

todo.md

☑ Move to Barcelona

☑ Learn to vibe code (enough to prototype)

☑ Build a few things I actually like

☑ Make a new portfolio

☐ Find a role that feels right

☐ Improve Spanish (beyond survival)

☐ Touch grass

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project_01.exe — (RE)ROUTE

(RE)ROUTE

Mobile Web App

General

Info: AIUX ResearchProduct DesignData

Location: Barcelona

Status: Prototype · On-going

Created: 2026

Context: Master's Thesis — ELISAVA

Stats

119K street segments scored

386 curated POIs

3 new ways to walk

Description

(re)Route is a walking app that asks a different question. 'What kind of walk do you need right now?' Type a mood, a vibe, or a destination in natural language. The AI routes you through Barcelona's most interesting, safest, or calmest streets depending on what the moment calls for.

TRY IT ↗

explore_mode.mov

Problem

Every navigation app solves the same problem: getting you there fast. But what about making the walk worth taking? (re)Route does more than just get you from A to B — it brings the city to you, with journeys that spark.

Approach

INTENT OVER INPUT

Users type feelings, not addresses. One AI call interprets mood as navigation intent.

DATA-INFORMED ROUTES

119K street segments scored for noise, safety, greenery. Routes built from real characteristics, not just distance.

SAFETY AS DEFAULT

After dark, every route auto-shifts to well-lit streets. Not a toggle — a baseline.

Differentiators

119K street segments scored

Noise, greenery, cleanliness, cultural richness, safety — real data, not guesses.

AI-powered discovery

"Artsy date" → experimental galleries, design bookshops, natural wine bars. Verified against real place data.

Safety as baseline

After dark, every route shifts to well-lit, active streets. Not a mode — always on.

386 hand-curated POIs

Places that don't appear on commercial platforms. Themed walks, bloom calendars, hidden courtyards.

project_02.exe — SNAPP

SNAPP

Mobile Web App

General

Info: Product DesignFull-StackUXGamification

Location: Global

Status: Deployed

Created: 2026

Context: Personal Project

Stats

1 word a day

24hr challenge

20% daily retention

Description

Snapp is a location-based photo scavenger hunt. Each day, players get a single word prompt to search for around them. Photos land on a shared map, then disappear at midnight. It's a game about noticing the small stuff and sharing them with zero pretense.

TRY IT ↗

beta_test.mov

Problem

We walk past a thousand interesting things every day without noticing them. Snapp turns our everyday environment into a canvas for discovery, with a daily word prompt that gets everyone looking up and sharing what they find.

Approach

ONE CONSTRAINT

One word per day. The constraint IS the creativity. Limits create focus.

EPHEMERAL BY DESIGN

Map resets at midnight. No archive, no likes. The impermanence creates urgency without anxiety.

COLLECTIVE SEEING

Same prompt, different eyes. The city becomes a collaborative gallery through shared interpretation.

Differentiators

Anti-social media

No algorithm, no followers, no likes. Using a phone to make you look up from it.

Ephemeral by design

The map resets at midnight. Today's gallery lives for exactly one day.

Deliberate constraints

One word + one day = focus. The shared map creates connection without competition.

City-wide collaboration

Barcelona becomes a collaborative, ever-changing gallery that lives for one day.

project_03.exe — PLANMYTRIP

PLANMYTRIP

Web Application

General

Info: FrontendEditorial DesignInteractive

Location: Global

Status: Deployed

Created: 2026

Context: Personal Project — AI-assisted build

Stats

LIVE weather

AI recommendations

PDF downloads

Description

Trip planning tools are either ugly spreadsheets or rigid templates. PlanMyTrip is a planning surface that's editable, data-connected, and pretty enough to download directly. AI can even generate a base to help you get started.

TRY IT ↗

planmytrip.app

main.mov

Problem

Trip planning tools are either ugly spreadsheets or rigid templates. I wanted something useful that also looks like something you'd want to look at.

Approach

EDITOR NOT SPREADSHEET

Planning should feel like designing a magazine, not filling cells. The interface IS the experience.

LIVE DATA LAYER

Weather, images, and schedules pull in real-time. The tool stays current so you don't have to.

DESIGN-FIRST WORKFLOW

Start with how it looks, then fill in the details. Visual hierarchy drives the planning process, not the other way around.

Differentiators

Magazine-quality layouts

City intro slides, photo galleries, day timelines — planning you'd actually screenshot and share.

Multi-provider image search

Find and place destination photos or auto-fill to populate the itinerary instantly.

Weather-aware itineraries

Live Open-Meteo data per destination. See conditions for every day of the trip, updated in real-time.

Inline everything

Click any text to edit. Drag to reorder. No modals, no forms — just direct manipulation.

project_01.exe — (RE)ROUTE 2.0

(RE)ROUTE 2.0

Native Mobile App

General

Info: AIProduct DesignUX ResearchFull-Stack

Location: Global

Status: Master's Thesis · Prototype

Created: 2026

Context: Master's Thesis — ELISAVA

Stats

AI quest master

∞ quests

35 badges

Description

(re)Route 2.0 is a walking discovery app. AI generates quests — visit real places, snap photos of vibes, chase live events — then builds a taste profile from how you explore. Navigation as presence, not efficiency.

TRY IT ↗

daily_quests.mov

Problem

Navigation apps solved getting there fast. But what if the walk itself was the point? (re)Route 2.0 turns cities into quest maps — generating challenges from real events, building a taste profile from your explorations, and learning what kind of city you want to discover.

Approach

QUEST-DRIVEN

Four quest types (visit, wander, collect, live) turn walking into structured discovery, prompting you to look up.

TASTE MEMORY

Every interaction feeds an evolving profile. Nightly AI rebuilds your taste notes. Tomorrow reflects today.

LIVE + LOCAL

Three-tier trigger: real events via web search, recurring rhythms, solar-calculated light windows. Always fresh.

Differentiators

Designed for eyes up

Most apps draw you in — we direct your attention out. Your phone isn't an attention-stealing device.

Lives and breathes like the city

Daily cronning of live events injects randomness into the mix, on top of context-aware quests.

Your city, your way

Taste profile is built and maintained over time from what you snap and query, so daily quests are always tailored for you.

project_03.exe — JOBHUNTER

JOBHUNTER

Web Application

General

Info: UX DesignFull-StackProductEmotional Design

Location: Global

Status: Deployed

Created: 2026

Context: Personal Project

Stats

600+ sources scraped

6 scoring dimensions

1 moody blob

Description

Job searching is one of the most anxiety-inducing experiences a person can go through. Most job tools make it worse by treating you like a data point. JobHunter is an AI-free aggregator that scores listings against your profile and looks after you while you look for work.

TRY IT ↗

jobhunter.app

meet_pip.mov

Problem

The tools designed to help job seekers (job boards, LinkedIn, recruiter inboxes) optimise for listings served, not for the person searching. There's no acknowledgement that job searching is emotionally gruelling work. JobHunter was built as a response to that.

Approach

SCORE, DON'T SCROLL (FOREVER)

Every listing scored on 6 dimensions against your profile. Hard filters remove noise before it reaches your feed.

EMOTIONAL DESIGN

Pip checks in each session. Mood shapes the experience: breathing exercises, gentle nudges, or permission to close the tab.

EFFORT, NOT OUTCOMES

XP rewards showing up, saving, applying. Not callbacks you can't control. Confetti when you apply, because that matters.

Differentiators

Pip, your stress ball

A reactive blob that checks in on your mood, adapts the interface, and can be squished endlessly without judgment.

600+ sources, 6hr refresh

Arbeitnow, Remotive, Adzuna (17 countries), 125+ RSS feeds. Scored and ranked before you see them.

Adjacent role discovery

Surfaces positions with skill overlap you hadn't considered. Expand your search without diluting it.

No algorithms, no data selling

Free, self-hosted, your data stays yours. Built to be genuinely on your side.

LV.5

LYLA HUANG BUILDER

CLASS: Strategist

ORIGIN: Singapore

BASE: Barcelona

STATS

STRStrategy

DEXDesign

INTBuild

CHACommunicate

WISResearch

CAREER LOG

01HAVAS_SG2015-17

02BLKJ_SG2018-21

03GOOGLE_APAC2021-22

04FREELANCE2022-25

05BUILD_MODE2025-NOW

ACHIEVEMENTS

Rising Star

Creative Circles '18

Gold

Markies '17

2S + 3B

Creative Circles '18

Grand Prix

IG Cannes '16

PAST QUESTS

↗scoot-savage4x Award ↗MCI-onwardsNat. TVC ↗MWP-passionFilm Series ↗fairprice-punGold '17

(RE)ROUTE

AI Walking Navigation

TRY

What if navigation optimised for how you feel, not just where you go? Type a mood, a vibe, or a destination. The AI routes you through Barcelona's most interesting streets.

119K

segments scored

386

curated POIs

walk modes

What's New

*119K street segments scored for noise, safety, greenery

*AI discovery: mood to route in one call

*Safety baseline after dark — always on

*386 hand-curated POIs not on commercial platforms

Approach

INTENT OVER INPUT

Users type feelings, not addresses. One AI call interprets mood as navigation intent.

DATA-INFORMED ROUTES

119K segments scored. Routes from real characteristics, not just distance.

SAFETY AS DEFAULT

After dark, every route auto-shifts to well-lit streets.

Information

TypeMobile Web App

StackAI · UX · Product · Data

LocationBarcelona

StatusPrototype

ContextMaster's Thesis — ELISAVA

SNAPP

Photo Scavenger Hunt

TRY

A location-based photo scavenger hunt. Each day, one word. Find it. Frame it. Share it on a shared map that resets at midnight.

word a day

24hr

challenge

20%

daily retention

What's New

*Anti-social media: no algorithm, no followers

*Ephemeral — the map resets at midnight

*One word + one day = focus

*City becomes a collaborative gallery

Approach

ONE CONSTRAINT

One word per day. The constraint IS the creativity.

EPHEMERAL BY DESIGN

Map resets at midnight. Impermanence creates urgency without anxiety.

COLLECTIVE SEEING

Same prompt, different eyes. Shared interpretation.

Information

TypeMobile Web App

StackProduct · Full-Stack · UX

LocationGlobal

StatusDeployed

(RE)ROUTE 2.0

Walking Discovery App

TRY

AI generates quests — visit real places, snap photos of vibes, chase live events — then builds a taste profile from how you explore. Navigation as presence, not efficiency.

quest master

∞

quests

badges

Differentiators

*Designed for eyes up — directs attention out, not in

*Lives and breathes like the city — daily live events + randomness

*Your city, your way — taste profile tailors every quest

Approach

QUEST-DRIVEN

Four quest types (visit, wander, collect, live) turn walking into structured discovery, prompting you to look up.

TASTE MEMORY

Every interaction feeds an evolving profile. Nightly AI rebuilds your taste notes. Tomorrow reflects today.

LIVE + LOCAL

Real events via web search, recurring rhythms, solar-calculated light windows. Always fresh.

Information

TypeNative Mobile App

StackAI · Product Design · UX Research · Full-Stack

LocationGlobal

StatusPrototype

ContextMaster's Thesis — ELISAVA

JOBHUNTER

Job Search Companion

TRY

An AI-free job aggregator that scores every listing against your skills, values, and location — and looks after you while you look for work.

600+

sources

dimensions

moody blob

What's New

*Pip: mood-aware blob that adapts the interface

*600+ sources scraped every 6 hours

*6-dimension scoring against your profile

*Adjacent role discovery for career pivots

*Breathing exercises built into the feed

Approach

SCORE, DON'T SCROLL (FOREVER)

Every listing scored on 6 dimensions. Hard filters remove noise before it reaches you.

EMOTIONAL DESIGN

Pip checks in each session. Mood shapes the experience.

EFFORT, NOT OUTCOMES

XP rewards showing up, not callbacks you can't control.

Information

TypeWeb Application

StackUX Design · Full-Stack · Product · Emotional Design

LocationGlobal

StatusDeployed

PMT

PLANMYTRIP

Editorial Trip Planner

TRY

Trip planning that looks as good as the trip. An editorial-style planner that's editable, data-connected, and pretty enough to download.

LIVE

weather

itineraries

PDF

downloads

What's New

*Magazine-quality layouts with photo galleries

*Multi-provider image search + auto-fill

*Live weather per destination via Open-Meteo

*Click to edit, drag to reorder — no modals

Approach

EDITOR NOT SPREADSHEET

Planning should feel like designing a magazine.

LIVE DATA LAYER

Weather and images pull in real-time.

DESIGN-FIRST WORKFLOW

Start with how it looks, then fill in details.

Information

TypeWebsite

StackFrontend · Editorial · Interactive

LocationGlobal

StatusDeployed

5 April 2026 at 20:37

readme

Hey! You found the readme.

This portfolio was built with Astro, too many sleepless nights, and long conversations with Claude.

If you're reading this, you're the kind of person I want to work with!

Say hi → lyla.huangyanling@gmail.com

5 April 2026 at 20:37

todo

Move to Barcelona

Learn to vibe code (enough to prototype)

Build a few things I actually like

Make a new portfolio

Find a role that feels right

Improve Spanish (beyond survival)

Touch grass

Recruiter

online

Hi Lyla! Came across your portfolio — really impressive. 2:14 PM

Are you open to new opportunities? 2:14 PM

Hey! Definitely exploring — the right opportunity gets me excited. 2:15 PM

What kind of role are you looking for? 2:16 PM

Product, UX, or strategy — somewhere I can think AND build. I like teams where ideas actually ship. 2:17 PM

Can we set up a call? 2:18 PM

Grab a 15-min coffee chat slot on my calendar, or email me at lyla.huangyanling@gmail.com for something more in-depth. 2:19 PM

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