HUSTLE

Daniel D’Souza

John Nguyen

Hassan Sesay

About us

Members

• Daniel D’Souza
• Hassan Sesay
• John Nguyen

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The Problem

The gig economy’s fragmented model is pushing workers toward inefficiency, precarity, and unsustainable hustle culture.

Multi-App Dependency

• Approximately 27% of DoorDashers use Uber Eats or GrubHub
• Around 35% of Uber drivers also work for Lyft or other ride-hailing platforms

Earnings Erosion

• Uber drivers’ pay fell 3.4% while hours worked rose.
• Instacart shoppers saw an 8% decline in earnings, despite cutting back on hours.
• Lyft drivers saw a 13.9% earnings decline, outpacing reductions in working time.

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Source: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X231209984, Business Insider, Reuters

Overview

Objective: Our goal with Hustle is to streamline job posting and advertising services with a social media platform.

Improves upon existing services in the quick-gig industry

UI & Design

Figure 1. Home demonstrating social-media feed.

Figure 2. Explore page showcasing suggested categories, jobs, and services.

Figure 3. Job Center as a portal for balance. tracking, and activities.

Figure 4. Tracking interface for the hirer.

Figure 5. User profile displaying their current jobs and services.

Technologies

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Hustle leverages a robust, multi-layered technology stack.

Main Technology

Development

ORM (Object Relational Mapping) to query and mutate data in Typescript

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TRPC to ensure typesafe APIs

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GitHub for version control

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XCode and Android Studio for simulation

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External Services

How it works

• Google Maps API is used for precise location geocoding.
• AWS S3 is a simple storage service we use for storing images.
• Stripe is what we will use to receive and hold funds to disburse to users later, as well as saving payment methods for users to use in the app.

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Python and AI

Python server for API development

Processes text through NLP, then LLM

NLP, regex

NLP minimizes input tokens for LLM

Algorithmic Feeds

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Group Contribution (1/3)

John Nguyen

Frontend Developer

Backend Developer

System Designer

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Contributions

• Designed UI of authentication, onboarding, posts, settings, tracking, and balance.
• Setup technologies and architecture (EAS, Google Maps API, OAuth, Github, Supabase, tRPC, Drizzle ORM).
• Implemented real-time communication for messaging using Supabase and tRPC.
• Setup domain to integrate email notifications.
• Implemented functionality of posts and initiated jobs.

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Group Contribution (2/3)

Daniel D’Souza

Frontend

Backend

Development & Product Research

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Contributions

• Designed UI of explore page, job center, post details, settings, and user profile.
• Implementation of searching for services, jobs, and users.
• Implement task management with Notion, setting up deadlines and monitoring expenses.
• Populated database with various tables and data to connect back to User view.
• Designed database schemas and migrated them to production.

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Group Contribution (3/3)

Hassan Sesay

Frontend

Backend

Features Integration & Testing

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Contributions:

• Designed UI of homepage feed, messaging, and job center.
• Implementation of Stripe Payments API in frontend and backend.
• Implemented real-time communication messaging using Supabase and tRPC.
• Designed database schemas and migrated them to production.
• Implemented unit testing of several components and backend procedures.
• Created UI design document.

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Challenges, Achievements, & Milestones

Demo

Q&A