River is the IRL community OS—a new way to meet like-minded people near you. We’ve powered hundreds of meetups for Tim Ferriss, The All-In Podcast & Bryan Johnson by turning followers into local hosts. Join, host, or launch events with River.
Really excited to finally share what we’ve been building. One of the biggest challenges leading up to launch was rebuilding v2 of most of the app, not just giving it a new look, but making sure it played nicely with everything we’d already built in v1. It meant rewriting a lot of things from the ground up while still keeping the heart of what made the original work.
It wasn’t always smooth there were plenty of moments where things broke, felt like they weren’t coming together, or we had to rethink stuff we thought was done. But that’s what made the process feel real. It pushed us to be better, to care about the small details, and to keep the experience thoughtful for the people using it.
There’s something kind of amazing about watching all those late nights, debugging sessions, and design iterations turn into something that people actually use and hopefully, really love. That’s the part that makes all the effort, all the chaos, feel worth it.
Building River was an experience like none I've had before... I mean, we have thousands of active users!
When you're building your boring corporative APIs, or one of those incredible looking apps with 0 users, you can't gasp the difficulty of building something people actually use.
This looks like a really cool platform! I love the idea of turning followers into local hosts—it makes meetups feel more personal and community-driven.
@destraynor Thank you so much, Des! Means the world!
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I’ve always enjoyed using even the 1.0 version, looking forward to try out the new one 😀
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i’ve used the river app to attend several irl events including founder fridays and all in meetups. every time, i’ve walked away with meaningful personal and professional connections. this isn’t just another event app, it’s the future of community. rae and the river team are awesome.
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Really excited to finally share what we’ve been building. One of the biggest challenges leading up to launch was rebuilding v2 of most of the app, not just giving it a new look, but making sure it played nicely with everything we’d already built in v1. It meant rewriting a lot of things from the ground up while still keeping the heart of what made the original work.
It wasn’t always smooth there were plenty of moments where things broke, felt like they weren’t coming together, or we had to rethink stuff we thought was done. But that’s what made the process feel real. It pushed us to be better, to care about the small details, and to keep the experience thoughtful for the people using it.
There’s something kind of amazing about watching all those late nights, debugging sessions, and design iterations turn into something that people actually use and hopefully, really love. That’s the part that makes all the effort, all the chaos, feel worth it.
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@lemmymwaura Love having you on the team, Lemmy!
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Building River was an experience like none I've had before... I mean, we have thousands of active users!
When you're building your boring corporative APIs, or one of those incredible looking apps with 0 users, you can't gasp the difficulty of building something people actually use.
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@eduardo_verona So great having you on the team, Ed!
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Fantastic product!
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@destraynor Thank you so much, Des! Means the world!
i’ve used the river app to attend several irl events including founder fridays and all in meetups. every time, i’ve walked away with meaningful personal and professional connections. this isn’t just another event app, it’s the future of community. rae and the river team are awesome.
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Congrats on the launch to the River team! LFG!
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@gjdaniel99 THANK YOU!