Rewriting Bookaround with Spring Boot and Flutter

After recently resigning from PwC to pursue my Master’s degree in HPC Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, I’m excited to return to a passion project close to my heart: Bookaround.

Bookaround was born to help students buy and sell used school books easily, fostering an affordable and sustainable market for second-hand educational materials. It was originally built with Flutter and Firebase, with plenty of cool features to make selling books an easy game, I’m now planning a complete rewrite using Spring Boot for the backend and Flutter for the frontend to significantly enhance scalability, maintainability, and customization.

This is a non-profit project, driven by the belief that accessible and affordable school books are essential for education. Although nobody is currently profiting from Bookaround, “non-profit” doesn’t mean “non-paid”. If financial opportunities arise, I’m ready to share equity with contributors and co-founders.

Who am I looking for?

• Software engineers or developers passionate about supporting education and sustainability through technology
• Experience with Java Spring Boot or Flutter development is highly appreciated
• Collaborative individuals ready to build from scratch and contribute actively

If you’re interested in joining this journey to rebuild Bookaround into a robust, open-source platform for affordable school book exchange, you really should join!

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Let’s create something impactful together!