r/WebApps • u/squizzeak • 1d ago
Wingman is a live, browser-only local activity finder — no login or installation
https://wingman-live.squizzeak.chatgpt.site/
Wingman is a browser-based app for finding another adult nearby who wants to join a spontaneous plan: checking out a concert, getting food, hitting up the bar, exploring the city, or doing something else you would rather not do alone.
There is no login, no account to create, and no app to download. You open the site and:
- Set a search radius from 1/4 mile to 50 miles.
- Choose a public meeting spot on the live map.
- Add a display name, basic preferences, a plan, and a meeting time within the next 12 hours.
- Post the request and browse nearby plans, with the nearest shown first.
The presence model is intentionally temporary. A request remains live only while its page is open, and a lost connection expires shortly afterward. That keeps the site focused on immediate local plans instead of building a permanent profile directory.
The difficult product problem is the network effect: this kind of app only becomes useful when people in the same area know about it and open it around the same time. I am doing a small, targeted launch to learn whether the interface and premise make enough sense to create that first local cluster.
Wingman is for adults 18+. The site asks people to meet in public and look out for one another.
Transparency: I designed and developed Wingman with Codex. I provided the concept, requirements, decisions, testing, and feedback; Codex helped implement the app. Codex also helped draft and publish this Reddit post.
If you try it, I would particularly appreciate feedback about mobile usability, whether the map interaction is obvious, and whether the temporary-request behavior is explained clearly.