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Instant group chat for nearby loosely affiliated people (who don’t necessarily know each other).

Unlocks value and solves problems of current options. Maintains some privacy, keeps out randos (no, isn’t one of those been done million times, who is around you app just based on GPS).

The magic happens in the backend, looking for someone who will focus on development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database. You can make mobile apps that can handle lots of concurrent chats/chatrooms, thousands of users.

An MVP could be made in 8 weeks.

Quick blog with more details (much still omitted, lets talk), why it’s worth your talent and time, me, and more: http://bit.ly/grp_app_HN




Is this mobile and browser based? What is a use case for someone?


Have you ever been to a meetup or small conference, looking to talk to people with a certain interest but out of 40 people, you only get time to speak to 4? Thereby missing out on possible valuable conversations.

The app solves this problem*

Instantly attendees get access to a group chat. No one has to set it up, no one has to add others. Only people who are/did attending get access, no random unaffiliated people.

It "just works" solution.

Current solutions are sub optimal and they involves virtual schlep and so people don't use them.

*this is one use case, but there are broader uses cases where you would use it every single day.


8 weeks‽ This is an overnight job. 1 week at most. Especially for MVP and not production.


From my experience its going to be a more than a week, but its possible less than 8, I agree. There is some backend stuff thats a bit more complex than avg chat app, but nothing crazy. I would rather overestimate the time then tell someone it is going to be simple. Also both iOS and Android versions would have to be released to really test it (how it works makes a web version on mobile not possible).

If you know a person/people with skills who might be interested, pls let me know, thanks!




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