Build an app for giving away books nearby
A participant in a day long Replit buildathon made the app GiveABook. The idea is that books we read once just sit on shelves, while someone nearby might need them. You list the book, drop it off, and it is picked up on Sunday. He writes that the entire app and even the demo video were built with Replit Agent. The post does not say how many people use the app, or what he fixed himself.
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A participant in a day long Replit buildathon made the app GiveABook. The idea is that books we read once just sit on shelves, while someone nearby might need them. You list the book, drop it off, and it is picked up on Sunday. He writes that the entire app and even the demo video were built with Replit Agent. The post does not say how many people use the app, or what he fixed himself.
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Build a simple web app where people in [area] can list books they want to give away. Fields: title, author, condition and photo. Others can reserve a book, and everything is collected on [fixed day] from [place]. Use [login] and no payments. Show me the data model and the screens before you build. Finish with a short demo video. You are done when a book can be listed, reserved and marked as collected.
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