CheckIn

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Inspiration

Covid19 has been hard on people, with limited face-to-face connections it's hard to stay in touch. If we consciously made an effort to do an act of kindness or thoughtfulness maybe we could keep those connections alive!

What it does

CheckIn sends email notifications to people who sign up and wish to do something nice for someone or themselves. This can be as simple as "calling an old friend" or as difficult as "reading a new book". None of the notifications are mandatory although we suggest completing 90% of reminders to get the most out of the product.

How we built it

This app was built on top of Wix. Their comprehensive documentation, as well as intuitive UI, made the prototyping experience very easy.

Challenges we ran into

Wix is great for prototyping but there were some challenges with it.

cronjobs have a limit of daily runs, any other granularity wouldn't work

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We honestly believe that our app will improve relationships. As useful as technology is, it all comes down to human connection and our app puts them first and foremost. We believe small acts of kindness will have huge impacts on people's mental health and happiness.