OrangeWalrus, an aggregator for trivia nights (and other events) in SF

Name: OrangeWalrus, an aggregator for trivia nights (and other events) in SF
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Author: gjtrowbridge

by gjtrowbridge·Feb 25, 2026·3 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidSolve My Problem

Local event aggregator for SF when Eventbrite, Meetup, Ticketmaster already exist.

Strengths

•Addresses real friction: cancelled events with outdated signage; owner ate own dog food
•Verified event info with recency badges (e.g., 'verified 2 months ago') builds trust vs stale listings
•Map view with date/time filtering is UX-solid for browsing by neighborhood

Weaknesses

•Crowded space: Eventbrite, Meetup, funcheapsf, Ticketmaster all do aggregation; no differentiation
•Zero technical novelty; standard CRUD + Google Maps embeds; scaling to other cities requires manual curation

Post Description

Two problems I encountered personally:

1) Some buddies and I went to a trivia night late last year, only to arrive to find it cancelled (with signs still on the walls saying it happened every Tuesday, etc)

2) Sourcing ideas for fun things to do in the city on a given night, in a given neighborhood. Some sites help a ton (e.g. funcheapsf), but often don't have everything I'd want to see, so we decided to build that out a bit.

Anyway, I built this originally to solve #1, then a buddy and I expanded it to also start addressing #2 (still in progress, but we've added more event types already). Thanks for checking it out! We're very open to thoughts / feedback.