I believe at some point everyone of us dreamed of making our own version of Grab or Uber ourselves. It was a very simple idea. Customers will book a ride and then a rider will accept your ride in a just a minute or two. A very simple transaction mediated by a billion dollar business that get pennies of a dollar out of all of us.

Thing is, can’t we just make our own?

Using v0 for the Passenger Facing app

So here’s me trying to create a ride-hailing app that could compete with million-dollar unicorns. My previous attempts? Let's just say they were more "ride-failing" than "ride-sharing." 😅. I just prompted v0 for a customer facing dashboard where they could input their pickup point, name, and destination. Passengers then have an option to calculate fare price.

After clicking the calculate price button, another button will appear down below that will confirm your booking. Yes, I agree, not the best one yet. But if we’re talking about getting started and validating your idea real fast, this one’s the real deal. In a few hours you can get people to try out your app and solve transportation problems in your area.

Using v0 for the Rider Facing app

v0 changed everything. In just a few hours, the passenger facing app and the rider facing app can is done all through v0. Every passenger booking a ride will appear here. It isn’t the best one yet for riders to use and surely it will create lots of problems when we deploy it as a real thing, but surely it isn’t that bad for something made in a few hours no?

Rapid Development: From Concept to Reality

With v0.dev, I accomplished what would have taken months in mere hours:

Designed a sleek, intuitive app interface
Implemented complex features like real-time tracking
Location input auto completion
Complete v0 for a passenger dashboard
Complete v0 for a rider dashboard

No more endless debugging. No more "works on my machine" moments. Just pure, AI-powered development magic. All done with v0 and deploy in Next.js

Why This Matters for Non-Techies and Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Here's the beautiful part: v0.dev isn't just for hardcore developers. It's for:

Entrepreneurs with big ideas but limited coding skills
Small business owners wanting to go digital
Students looking to turn class projects into real products
Anyone who's ever thought, "I wish I could build an app"

Spoiler Alert: Now you can.

As a developer who's spent years figuring out how to do UI/UX for years, v0.dev feels like finding a cheat code in the game of software development. It's not about replacing developers, it's about empowering us to focus on what truly matters: solving real-world problems and creating value.

What's Next: The Data Engineering Adventure

With the app built, my focus has shifted to the exciting world of data engineering. How do we:

Optimize ride matching algorithms?
Predict user demand with machine learning?
Scale our infrastructure?
Improve latency and real-time tracking?
Continuously improve user experience?

These are the challenges that keep me excited.

Conclusion

As a data scientist, v0.dev isn't just a development tool—it's my new superpower. Instead of getting lost in months of app development, I can now:

Prototype ideas in hours
Quickly validate data hypotheses
Shift immediate focus to what I love: complex data engineering

This is the future for data professionals: building, testing, and iterating at the speed of thought.

From data to insights, faster than ever.

Test out the application in these links:

Passenger Facing app: https://rfhmz59nsctdxqivaw05ns2vccqfwtva.vercel.app/

Rider Facing app: https://1pqszsulrbs8trivzyhkxspwwlk7beva.vercel.app/dashboard

P.S. Let's Build Something Cool Together!

Drowning in data? Pipelines giving you a headache? I've been there – and I actually enjoy fixing these things. I'm that data engineer who: - Makes ETL pipelines behave - Turns data warehouse chaos into zen - Gets ML models from laptop to production.

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Getting started with v0.dev

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How to deploy v0.dev generations online?

Making a Grab/Uber App Alternative In Just 2 Hours using v0