Inspired by our team members' upbringing in San Francisco, where they witnessed the vibrant nightlife of the Bay Area, we were motivated to take action. However, recent events such as the pandemic and increasing crime rates have impacted many local businesses that are vital to San Francisco's nightlife scene. Therefore, we sought to create a website that could connect the broader Bay community with local businesses in a safe yet adventurous manner.
What it does
CityMeetsMe is a website dedicated to providing local business recommendations based on user preferences such as quality versus quantity, social environment versus quiet environment, and traditional versus fusion. Additionally, considerations of safety, service, and cleanliness are taken into account. Inputs are evaluated by our system, and based on those, we provide users with ranked recommendations aligned with their preferences.
How we built it
Challenges we ran into
We are proud to have created this website, as we are all biologists by training. As such, this was our first hackathon and the first time we built a full-fledged website from scratch. Given our background, it was challenging for us to take a project from inception to completion, especially considering the time constraints and pressure of the hackathon.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud to have created this website, as we are all biologists by training. As such, this was our first hackathon and the first time we built a full-fledged website from scratch. Given our background, it was challenging for us to take a project from inception to completion, especially considering the time constraints and pressure of the hackathon.
What we learned
This was our very first hackathon, as well as first time trying the full stack dev process. We worked trough the backend and frontend operations and figured out how to connect them smoothly. Through this project, we developed our teamwork collaboration and coding skill in HTML, CSS, and Python. We gained experience in tackling real life problems and thinking of solutions to solve via our program. We also gained some experience using Github as a collaboration tool.
What's next for CityMeetsMe
We want to expand CityMeetsMe to include more intuitive review features and personalized exploration to enhance user engagement and satisfaction. We are to consider user experience enhancement and implement safety maps
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