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Building Real-World Mobility Platforms
Field notes on designing, building, and scaling real-world mobility platforms. Explore the engineering behind transport systems, from backend architecture and mobile applications to offline-first verification, fleet operations, and the technical trade-offs involved in building reliable software for real-world conditions.
2 stories·14 min read in total·Updated Oct 17
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Part 1
Mova Mobility: building a transport platform for Brazzaville, one backend and five repositories
Mova Mobility is a transport platform built for Brazzaville, bringing group bookings, fleet management, and digital transport passes into one connected ecosystem.
6 min read · Oct 17
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Part 2
Verifying a transit pass when the inspector has no signal
How we designed offline Mova Pass verification for bus journeys in Brazzaville, why asymmetric cryptography makes local verification possible, and the engineering trade-offs behind secure offline access.
8 min read · Oct 17
