Project Description
SwipeShare is a Ticketmaster-style mobile platform that enables students to digitally transfer meal swipes to other verified students. The app uses AI-powered matching to connect students with extra meal swipes to those experiencing food insecurity.
Inspiration
Every semester, students collectively lose thousands of meal swipes simply because unused swipes reset each week. At the same time, food insecurity remains a significant issue both globally and here at Cornell. Yet Cornell currently offers no simple way for students to transfer or donate unused swipes—largely because the GET Mobile app doesn’t support peer-to-peer sharing. This gap inspired us to create a better solution.
Our Solution
Our platform offers a sustainable, student-driven way to reduce food insecurity at Cornell while preventing unused meal swipes from going to waste. Students can easily share their extra swipes with peers who need them, and the platform highlights each user’s impact by tracking the total number of swipes donated and the number of students helped.
Challenges We Faced
Integrating backend AI functionality with our frontend React application proved to be a significant challenge. We also encountered substantial merge conflicts on GitHub as multiple team members pushed and pulled changes simultaneously, which required careful coordination to resolve.
What We Learned
We deepened our understanding of the React framework and gained experience integrating the Claude API into a React-based workflow. We also learned more about collaboration tools, debugging integration issues, and managing development across multiple team members.
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