chataway's comments

Good suggestion, problem is how do I know if influencer is big or at least watched by enough people a specific schools. Don’t need a couple people at 50 schools, need 20 people at 5 schools.

Small favor from anyone reading this post. Even if this isnt for you, can you pass it on if you think of someone who might be interested? Thanks.

Building Instant group chat for nearby loosely affiliated people (does the world need yet another chat app?, surprisingly it does!)

What I am building unlocks value and solves problems of current options. Maintains privacy, keeps out randos.

No, isn’t one of those been done million times, who is around you, just based on GPS, apps).

The magic happens in the backend, looking for someone who will focus on development of all server-side logic, You can make mobile apps that can handle lots of concurrent chats/chatrooms, thousands of users. It starts out simple but gets complex, lots of interesting problems to solve. More concerned about it works than how it looks, so basic frontend skills would be nice, but again back matters more

Basic MVP already built with React Native. You would not be building from scratch, but adding features (some very basic like social login and images) then followed by more complex things. Later we can do swift/kotlin apps for iOS/Android if needed.

You being based in the Bay Area would be nice but not a requirement. Built other chat apps before or something like that? Say hi. email in profile.

Looking forward to working with someone who likes to move fast and make something pretty cool. Its a big market we would be targeting.

Building Instant group chat for nearby loosely affiliated people. (does the world need yet another chat app?!, surprisingly it does!)

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, You can make mobile apps that can handle lots of concurrent chats/chatrooms, thousands of users. It starts out simple but gets complex, lots of interesting problems to solve. More concerned about it works than how it looks, so basic frontend skills would be nice, but again back matters more Basic MVP already built with React Native. So you are not building from scratch, but adding features (some very basic like social login and images) then more complex. Later can go native app for iOS/Android if needed.

Based in the Bay Area would be nice but not a requirement. Built other chat apps before or something like that? Say hi. email in profile.

I am a regular HN reader. I just would prefer to not make it public just yet, hence the throwaway.

I am based in the Bay Area, happy to meetup with whoever thinks they might be interested in joining the project and has skills. (or skype if someone is outside the bay)

edit: I see two posts calling post/idea sketchy, I will maybe choose my wording better next time, and I promise it isn't.

side note with the downfall of Kik, If anyone has experience with building group chat apps that scale, or is solid with react native, I am building a group chat app that eliminates the need to have invite codes or an admin to regulate who comes in to the group chat. People with association are in, randos cant even see the group exists.

Basic MVP with messing is already done, made with react native. Just need help with adding images, some login stuff, make it look a tad slicker, and most of all, the on going backend tweaking.

yes the world need yet another messaging app.

email is in the profile.