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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3050600

by thedjpetersen • 15 years ago

7 5 15 years ago

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This is a side project that I have been hacking on for the last two months. It started out as trying to find a better way to see my girlfriend, as we go to universities in separate cities.

The backend is built with Ruby on Rails. Some of the frontend interaction is Javascript.

Any feedback would be very well appreciated.

thedjpetersen3• 15 years ago

Clickable: http://www.ridezap.com/

rcavezza• 15 years ago

very interesting. "airbnb for travel"?

There's gotta be a better way to get data though instead of a text box. I'm assuming most users will have zero results like my Boston to New York search. Maybe limit to a few cities at first with a select box then expand from there?

thedjpetersen3• 15 years ago

This is probably a good idea I wanted to focus on the cities in Oregon first since that is where I am and want to grow from there.

eminkel• 15 years ago

Having recently graduated from University, I see this being huge for that specific market, first. If you can find a way to get this more exposure I see it being a useful tool for students with no car and needing a ride; either back home for the holidays or extended weekends, etc.

I like the implementation, needs more users in different cities.

Would be interested in the drill down of how payment is fulfilled?

thedjpetersen3• 15 years ago

The payment must be fulfilled by the different users, but as users are rated it is supposed to make them somewhat more credible than just a random person off of craigslist.

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