Ryde Quest

12/08/2025

Although we had an initial setback and lost some of our engineering team and flagship vehicle, we haven't stopped shipping our product and delivering results!

Ryde Quest is currently sitting inside Sotto.City and ready for more beta testers! Let's connect.

12/08/2025

Go Team Mapbox!

"Mapbox Geofencing for iOS and Android makes it simpler to configure and manage geofenced areas and monitor when a device enters, exits, or remains within them. Events can then trigger personalized actions, alerts, and notifications based on a user’s real-time location.

Mapbox Geofencing has several advantages over other solutions:

Monitoring is handled on the client side, allowing it to function both online and offline.
Monitoring happens in both foreground and background modes
No set limits on the number of geofences that can be managed
Support for point-radius and complex geometries that enable precise monitoring of intricate spaces
Android and iOS geofencing services both have platform-specific implementation differences. Third-party geofencing products often need to be integrated into a wider location platform, like Mapbox. With Mapbox Geofencing, customers unite their geofencing solution with their wider platform, saving dev time and effort by eliminating complex third-party integrations."
-Mapbox Team Email Update

10/09/2025

CREATOR’S MANIFESTO
by Aaron Radina
I. My Work Is My Proof of Life

I have spent more than thirty-five years learning, building, and creating.
Every line of code, every late-night idea, every tool I designed carries the signature of someone who refused to quit.
My work is not a commodity, it’s a chronicle of perseverance.
It represents time that cannot be stolen, only misunderstood.
And yet I continue, because creativity isn’t something I do, it’s who I am.

II. I Build For Fairness, Not Fortune

I believe technology and design should serve people, not exploit them.
I build platforms that decentralize power, protect creators, and make opportunity visible.
I do not seek wealth without justice.
I seek systems that value transparency, shared ownership, and dignity in labor.
If others profit from my work, they must also respect its purpose.

III. I Refuse Extraction Disguised as Collaboration

Partnership without fairness is not collaboration, it’s colonization.
I have seen how institutions turn human skill into disposable currency.
I will no longer apologize for protecting what I’ve built.
I am open to ideas, but not to being used.
I share knowledge, not ownership.
I collaborate only where mutual respect is the first clause.

IV. I Create So That Others Can See What’s Possible

I create so that independence is no longer a struggle story.
I create so that people can see what one person with clarity, faith, and a machine can build.
I create so that those who were silenced, delayed, or denied resources know that their voice still matters.
I create to remind the next generation that even in a broken economy, self-determination is still the most powerful algorithm.

V. I Choose Legacy Over Approval

I am not here to please gatekeepers.
I am here to build blueprints, for fair systems, for sustainable creativity, for human-centered innovation.
I don’t need to be invited to the table; I build my own, with room for those who never had one.
If I am misunderstood today, so be it.
The future will recognize those who refused to conform to exploitation.

VI. My Oath

I will not let exhaustion become cynicism.
I will not let injustice define my tone.
I will protect my ideas as I protect my peace.
I will measure success not by wealth, but by how many others I help stay sovereign in their work.
I will build until my hands are steady and my heart is free again.
And I will leave behind not bitterness, but architecture, proof that fairness can be engineered.

Dated, October 9th, 2025, my birthday!

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09/17/2025

Ryde Quest is now integrated into Sotto.city!

03/01/2025

Sotto.city a real-time location based social media platform now in beta. Check out the map!

Invite codes are used for different events. Imagine all of Spring Training having a code displayed on the jumbotron and giving out tokens if they explore certain city events or locations then score the leader board. Because tokens hold utility and value to users businesses can attract new customers by engaging with the tokens users earn... it cost nothing to create value this way and mint a limited supply or nfts.

Ai assistant will introduce agentic and generative features, so creators can book a ride and communicate through voice.

Scrapping for trending and local events will supplement user generated content.

Should we name it Rumors? If you find a cool spot or trend it could make it to the top of the Rumors algorithm!

02/26/2025

Typical mixed freeway driving amounts to roughly 26 mpg charging from 8 am to 11pm and 52 mpg off peak.

Account for miles to the station and charging time as 60 mins twice a day.

$390/14.5 hours = $26.90 rate

Cost to lease a Hertz Uber program rental is $500 for the car each week.

$2000... plus charging.

Charging 6000 miles/ 26 (miles per gallon equivalent or $3.7) is 230 units. Multiply by cost of 3.7 per unit, the amount of energy charged to produce 26 miles at 44 cents per unit of electricity. $850.

$2850/$26.90 = 105 hours of work a month.

Add 120 mins charging 6 times a week (could be more but no less). 12 hours x 52 weeks / 12 months = 52 hours a month.

157 hours

40 hours x 52 weeks/ 12 month= 173 hours per month is full-time.

173-157= 16 hours x 26.90 = $430 a month wages for 160 hours of full-time work...but let's not overlook the fact 246 is showing but it is estimated to only really travel 180 miles or about 75%!

We should add the actual miles used by a fully electric vehicle and account for the additional 25% variance for heat or aggressive taxi stop and go passenger transport. New hours = 196 vs 173 gives 23 hours of mandatory overtime to break even.

My hybrid suv and sedan both went 600 miles per tank of gas and would get close to the rated 38mpg regardless of highway speeds. Averaging from 33-35 consistently.

The cost of ownership for a new hybrid suv is less than $1000 per month and able to seve as an independent taxi vs $2000 for a tesla rental and $300 a week Farmers/Uber mandatory insurance. That doesn't include platform fees and it would increase another roughly $1200 a month to make it $4400 to break even. Full gross wages of around $95k accounted for roughly double my take home pay in 2022. This is a simple representation of the opportunity cost lost not using ryde.quest.

With Ryde.quest and a below market rate card of $2/mile, a driver could own their own vehicles and make an extra $100k over Uber... even before their 100k bumper to bumper warranty expired. This is estimated from my experience with Uber X averages and that amount increases when you factor premium services like "comfort ", "XL" and "black" where average rates charged by competitors can be as high as 7 times higher for black SUV.

02/26/2025

01/13/2025

Thu, Dec 29, 2022 5:25 AM

My team and I were getting close to launching an app and heading into the Super Bowl. If you missed it, take a look at our second but not last version.

We will be rolling out an even better backend and product soon with even greater usability.

01/13/2025

12/9/2022 demonstration of 3 apps on a QLED display for marketing.