ToDuo

Two heads are better than one when you're trying to get things done!

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Inspiration

You can't always get the same kind of motivation to do things on your own like you do when at work, school, or in a team, and given the current situation, there are even less opportunities to work with others. We wanted to create an app that allows folks from around the world to pair up and keep each other on track.

What it does

By creating an account, you can match with other people that also want to get something done but would just looove the extra push that comes from working with others. Accounta-buddies can either work together or have their own individual goals and just provide that "I'm here for you" support. Chat with your accounta-buddy and plan out milestones to organize your goals. Have your own to-do lists for each goal. The simplistic design allows accounta-buddies to do anything from trying to recover from substance abuse to maxing out their bench (320 btw) to mastering the pikachu programming language.

How we built it

We used React-Native for the front-end as it let us deploy on both iOS and Android devices. For the back-end, we used Firebase.

Challenges we ran into

Learning to make our first app from scratch was quite a hustle. With Firebase as an emerging technology there was a good amount of sifting through stack exchange threads with only 5 views. In addition, we were sorely lacking in motivation to meet deadlines. Woe was us! If only there was a convenient app to bolster our productivity...

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Being able to complete a mobile app through completely new technologies (to us) gave a lot of confidence in what we could do in the future. We're happy with what we did on the design and functionality but the real app we created was the friends we made along the way.

What we learned

React-Native. Firebase. Most of us used Git before but really got to know proper etiquette due to the current remote situation.

What's next for TuDuo

We plan for an improved buddy matching algorithm, AI bots to provide motivation similar to Replika, a leaderboard for added competitive motivation, and other encouraging factors to bring goals to their completion.

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