I think I found a quick and easy solution to distribute food to needy individuals during this covid pandemic.<p>I need a few hackers to volunteer their time to help me code and throw something up online.<p>I will provide funding for servers.<p>Skills desired: Geocoding/image manipulation/twilio api/etc<p>This is purely a nonprofit social project. If you are able, please contact me at p2pfoodproject at google's email service.<p>I will post an update to HN community once we have an MVP up and going.
I did some geo-coding a while ago but anything large scale is going to be costly as all the APIs have non-trivial fees for > hobbiest usage. Have you asked any geo-coding companies for free access? I bookmarked this site a few days ago because I still have a few itches I'd scratch if it didn't cost me an arm and a leg ... it should give you some idea of what a large-scale deployment of your application would cost - <a href="https://getlon.lat/" rel="nofollow">https://getlon.lat/</a>.<p>I'd be interested in helping with your effort but I think you should describe your architecture and technology choices a bit. How do I know if I'll fit in? (and if you want to launch quickly, now isn't the time to have engineers learning on-the-job).