Inspiration
With the pandemic in full force, I've witnessed many of my friends fall further into feelings of loneliness and boredom. (There is, unfortunately, only so many Zoom group calls and JackBox games one can play.) Along with that, I've noticed an increasing number of people growing irritated with dating apps like Tinder or Hinge. It seems like many people are not able to form meaningful connections on these apps, or feel overly stressed that one bad picture or slightly cheesy bio will lead to their demise.
I know that OkCupid and other such sites used to be very popular, but their demographic tends to be somewhat older than university aged folks today. I wanted to make something that brings back the matchmaking aspects of OkCupid, but with a fresher look and a younger target audience.
What it does
This is a website that allows users to input their information so that they can be matched with others on the site who have answered similarly to their responses.
How I built it
I created a Django app through Heroku connected to a CockroachDB database.
Challenges I ran into
My biggest hurdle was definitely getting the website connected to the database. I was stuck on this until pretty late - about 12 hours before the project deadline, but thankfully, with the help of their documentation and StackOverflow, I was able to connect to my cluster successfully.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Despite the hiccup of connecting to the database so late, I'm really proud of myself because this is my first time deploying an entire website (frontend & backend) all by myself. I'm proud that I had a decently working product at the end.
What we learned
I learned that I need to read documentation more carefully >:(
What's next for Loversity
I really want to do research into what kinds of questions are best for determining partner compatibility. I think it'd also be cool to get a friends version of Loversity, too. (Friendersity?... not as cool sounding)
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