SnackFU

All SFU club events in one smart weekly view. No more Discord hopping or Instagram hunting. Never miss free food, new clubs, or campus opportunities again.

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SnackFU: Come for the Snacks. Stay for the Community.

Inspiration

We noticed the problem in our first year at SFU. We'd go to class, get hungry, tired, and need some study session fuel. But then we would be too broke to buy food. So we'd transit home, and miss so many opportunities for socialization. This vicious cycle would constantly repeat itself, only making SFU further live up to its reputation as a commuter school.

Meanwhile, we kept seeing club events posted across dozens of Discord servers and Instagram pages. Every club had its own ecosystem. If you weren’t already inside it, you missed everything. So my brother and I built SnackFU during MT Madness.

While the first issue was just needing fuel in general, SFU has another core issue. To keep track of new club events you want to try, you have to:

  • Join every club’s Discord
  • Follow every club’s Instagram
  • Manually track dates and times
  • Scroll endlessly

The opportunity cost of staying informed is too high. So most students don’t.

What We Built

SnackFU is an Gemini AI-powered weekly calendar that aggregates all SFU club events into one place.

How We Built It

Built with Google AI Studio using React and Tailwind CSS for the UI. Gemini API parses natural language from Discord announcements or Instagram descriptions into a structured JSON block for the calendar. The project is hosted independently on Cloud Center to ensure it functions as a standalone application.

What’s Next

  • Automated Discord integration
  • Instagram OCR ingestion
  • Selenium to scrape data naturally in the background
  • Event verification system
  • User personalization
  • Google Calendar sync
  • Viewer analytics for clubs

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