Show HN: Library for a Travel Service to Optimize Time During Trip to a City

[igushev]

Anyone is welcomed to create an iOS/Android/Web application using the library! I’ll be happy to answer any questions or help.

[igushev]

P.S. If someone wants to build real app, I was looking for someone to collaborate or for co-founders. Although haven’t touch for few years, it’s still interesting idea.

[sam0x17]

When I saw this my first thought was this is one of those instances of "client wouldn't pay so I put it up on github". Would love to know the story behind why this got released as open source.

Thanks for sharing!

[igushev]

I started the startup during mobile revolution and had the idea of an app which by given dates and parameters would optimize your time and give perfect trip. I spent too much time building and perfecting algorithm and backend and making live tests and space became very crowded and saw few websites and apps doing similar thing, so I decided to move on. It was idle for few years and recently decided to just open source. Maybe someone would like to use or collaborate.

[jahewson]

Job interview take-home exercise?

[deehouie]

this's cool, injecting life into dry programming exercise. But you know, in real world, there're many random forces at work, like traffic congestion, road construction (e.g. midtown Manhattan), or just some unexpected and pleasant distraction -- hey i saw this neat little restaurant in Chelsea that I just couldn't resist going in....

[igushev]

Also part of functionality which I wanted to add, is to for user to check what stage he/she at given moment and app would adjust the schedule, for example, user can’t make it today for museum A therefore it rescheduled for tomorrow and today just go to point of interest B. Schedule is supposed to adapt during trip.

Moreover, app is supposed to learn about you, like speed of walk, duration of lunch, etc.

[igushev]

During real live testing I found that it might be appealing to follow this kind of schedule, since there is no need for decision making. I realized why tour buses and cruise ships are popular.

[freehunter]

This is super cool. I’ve been working on an idea that would mesh well with this, I’ll have to explore it more this weekend.

Thanks for sharing!

[igushev]

Please reach out to me and see if I can help or even collaborate.