RediMedi

A web application that either pushes desktop notifications or texts/calls to users to remind them about their medical needs.

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RediMedi

Pharmacy web application to help remind people to take their medicine through SMS.

Why RediMedi

RediMedi was made to help people who don't check reminders or don't have good understanding of technology. Our target demographic was the elderly, the demographic which tends to know how to navigate messaging apps but not more complex applications. By having a quick, simple, and easy-to-understand website that allows you to edit SMS reminders without much issue, anybody can use RediMedi to make sure they're always ready to take their medicine.

Our Experience Making RediMedi

Building the project

This was our entire team's first in-person hackathon.

Ali was in charge of frontend. This was his first frontend project for a hackathon ever, as well as first project trying all the new things from tutorials and whatnot he's learned in general. Technologies used: React, HTML, CSS, JSX, Vite, etc.

Abrar and Imtiaz were in charge of the backend. Although Ali and Abrar have done a hackathon beforehand (though they abandoned it fairly early because of inexperience), this was Imtiaz' first hackathon. Abrar and Imtiaz have more personal experience with databases, ExpressJS, etc. from classes and personal projects, so they would cover HTTP protocol stuff and all the logic attached. Technologies used: ExpressJS, Axios, React-Router, React-Router-DOM, etc.

Challenges

Unfortunately, because of time constraints and technical difficulties (i.e. twilio API becoming paid-only for New Yorkers, code suddenly not working when going back to a commit we made because it was working, etc.) we're forced to abandon this project. Tiredness and whatnot made it somewhat impossible to deliver towards the end.

Personal takeaways

Still, this wasn't all for nothing. We were on a good track for a large part of the hackathon, and learned a lot of things on the side as well. The plan is to eventually attend a hackathon and create something we're not only proud of for what it is and not our personal progresses, but is deliverable, too.

Project made by Ali Khachab (frontend focus), Abrar Habib (backend focus), and Imtiaz Chowdhury (backend focus) at SBUHacks 2024 (February 9th-11th).

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