Lightning Talk Beginner MIT

Beating the local train Rush Hour with FOSS

Approved

Session Description

Rush Hour is a FOSS alternative to m-Indicator, a popular app used by Mumbaikars to get live information about running Mumbai Suburban Trains (local trains). It includes up-to-date train timetables, crowdsourced live updates, a pleasant UI, and absolutely no ads.

My lightning talk will introduce the app, its features, how it was built, and where I hope to take it in the future.

Key Takeaways

FOSS alternatives to existing proprietary solutions are good
The very basics of reverse engineering Android apps
Intercepting APIs

References

https://github.com/SphericalKat/rush-hour

Session Categories

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project

Talk License: MIT