This Carrier Pidge app delivers texts at 110 mph, unless your virtual pigeon gets lost, distracted, or dies
The iOS app Carrier Pidge is the work of Noah Iarrobino, who vibe coded it in about three weeks. Refreshingly, he admits that it's both "pointless" with "genuinely no practical use," but it's still interesting to discover how long it would take to deliver a message by pigeon power. Read Entire Article
A new iOS app called Carrier Pidge brings the speed of carrier pigeons to modern messaging, delivering texts at a virtual 110 mph. Creator Noah Iarrobino developed the lightweight app in just three weeks, admitting it has "pointless" and "genuinely no practical use." However, the novelty of watching a virtual pigeon navigate a map while attempting to deliver messages is intriguing.
The delivery time is calculated based on the GPS distance between users, accounting for the pigeon's flying speed of 110 mph. For short distances, messages arrive almost immediately, but cross-country deliveries could take up to a day. Messages sent overseas will take even longer. The speed can fluctuate by around 25%, causing messages to arrive either faster or slower than expected.
A real-time flight tracker included in the app allows users to monitor their virtual pigeon's progress. There's also a 0.2% chance that the pigeon will die during its journey due to virtual predators, hunters, or becoming distracted and lost. Users can expand their virtual aviary to send multiple pigeons at once, and the app is set to launch on Android devices soon.
Interestingly, a similar app called Roost launched around the same time, with Iarrobino crediting the creator of Roost for the shared idea of a pigeon-based messaging service.
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