THIS GUY VIBE CODED A RUNNING APP WITH CLAUDE CODE IN A WEEKEND THAT TURNS YOUR CITY INTO A BATTLEFIELD he wanted a reason to go outside so he built an app where you claim real territory on a map just by running through it every street you run... on becomes yours. your neighborhood turns into your turf, but other runners can take it from you by running the same streets imagine runners waking up at 4am just to claim their blocks before anyone else does the territory mechanic is what makes this different from every other running tracker because it gives you a reason to care about your next run, not just the one you just finished if this idea is executed and marketed correctly it'll blow up on the app store most fitness apps try to motivate you with stats and streaks, but this one actually motivates you with competition over real streets in your actual city vibe coded in a weekend by a guy who doesn't even know how to codeshow more

Me driving the perimeter of my entire city

there are several apps like this already, it’s pretty easy to copy paste what exist, the real thing is to build something new what people need

What if there are weird creeps who track who’s running when and where???

tbf East London is already kinda a battlefield, regardless of someone slapping a game on it

the best apps now come from the dev solving their own boring problem first. nobody plans this stuff with a pitch deck, it starts because you wanted to go outside

The nightmare starts when people spoof GPS, run through dangerous areas, or min-max the game until it stops being fun. XD

That is not new, it exists already: He simply vibe-copied something.

the community note is wrong this is NOT the app that people are saying it is (intvl) It’s apparently a clone of it that’s vibe coded by someone from reddit the ui is completely different here’s the actual source (this one’s in beta)

Ends up starting a real civil war

stupid

"the territory mechanic is what makes this different from every other running tracker" lol loads of these apps already exist, what're you on about?

Really cool mechanism. It’s similar to Pokémon Go but I think the spatial aspect makes it feel novel. It would be cool if there was a monetary prize to people that claim a square as a reward for being active. Could pay for it with ad revenue

how does the app resolve conflicting claims when multiple runners run the same street?

Someone’s gonna get run over for taking this too seriously

Until it gets serious and someone starts camping to beat the fuck out of anyone trying to take over your territory

There’s 5 apps like this that exist already for runners. The only difference I’d say is that it was vibe coded in a week

This is already a game that’s been out a couple years

Chicago better not get wind of this.

Here is another one for you with a similar idea

That moment you run into a shady neighborhood to find out why it’s unchartered

great idea, origin story is bs tho. this wasn’t vibe coded in a weekend by a non coder abd released on the app store

I’m the guy who built this app 😄 Just to correct a few things: - it didn’t take a weekend, it took around 50 days - I do know how to code. I’m an AI engineer - I just had no experience with mobile development before this You can download the app here:

Inner city gangs will troll each other w these sliding in their hood

Turning city streets into a game loop is the kind of side project I never finished because the geo plus maps glue got tedious fast. Going to try Claude Code on the running tracker I've been putting off.

Looks like a good adaption of worms in

And what do i get when i claim my territory ? Dont say a ripped bod :)

This already exists and it’s called Runna. Strava acquired them…

This is an AI idea that could be applied to other genres I think But for this idea in particular, what is really cool is you can have fun even if you don't run much Just take your one block back every day- still fun! (Think Risk: Australia)

pretty sure this already exists, was built by some dudes in aus iirc

INTVL Running App has been out for years.

Imagine talking about an app without saying its name 😊

nice. I made as a proof of concept but I have no idea what to do with it so it’s kinda like sitting there 😭

Wait till gang members start using it for actual territory

This feels closer to game design than fitness tech honestly. The strongest AI-native apps I’ve seen lately are the ones borrowing mechanics from games instead of traditional software.