HackerUp

meet nearby hackers

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Inspiration

Ever wanted to join or create a programming team but didn't know anyone? Even if you didn't, HackerUp lets you do exactly this.

What it does

HackerUp lets developers meet each other through the app, allowing them to see others nearby to join their projects and to view their online portfolios. With the app, one can view the GitHub profiles of those around them to get a better idea of their interests for possibly forming a programming team. It provides live updates on nearby developers and their profiles.

How we built it

HackerUp's backend is powered by a high-performance ASP.NET Core web application that exposes a REST API that is consumed by our clients, which include:

  • A web client using the REST API built with the Vue web framework
  • An Android app that uses the REST API to communicate with the server

Challenges we ran into

Accurately managing location data from the clients, and ensuring that nearby users were detected reliably.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We have a fully-featured web application and Android application that can access our server. In addition, we provide the full API to the application on the server, so anyone who is interested in the project can self-host the server and make REST API calls directly and build their own app with the service.

What we learned

Android isn't as easy as it looks.

What's next for HackerUp

Getting more users! After all, the app is a community-dependent platform!

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