Coffee Meets Bagel: Software and User Interface Arrangement (Post 8)

Beginning with the background of the inner working of Coffee Meets Bagel, their workshop primarily runs using Amazon Web Services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a platform that provides cloud computing services and API’s to individuals or companies that require them to run their application. It acts as the foundation of Coffee Meets Bagel by providing them with the tools required for their software to run. The Coffee Meets Bagel workshop also occasionally uses the Google Cloud Platform for its cloud computing and API related requirements, but AWS is used the majority of the time. As for the mobile software that is required for their mobile-only platform to run, it uses Swift and Objective C to run on Apple’s iOS, and Java to run on Android OS. 

As for the User Interface Arrangement, the application incorporates a relaxing purple on white colour scheme, with the main focus of the interface being on the pictures of the user's potential matches. There are three central buttons near the bottom of the screen which are the main buttons for the functionality of the app. These buttons are the pass button (skipping a potential like), the like button (matching with a potential like), and the message button (increased chance of matching by 25%). The interface also uses a downward scrolling method to browse a potential like’s published information such as their interests and occupation. The central screen also provides you with the ability to edit your profile (top left corner), access paid services (top right corner) and view your suggested matches, see who likes you, discover new matches, and access chat logs with existing matches (bottom menu).

Works Cited

Herman, A. (2021). Social Media and Social Life [PowerPoint Presentation and Lecture].

https://mylearningspace.wlu.ca/d2l/home/400172

Hickey, A. (2019). How Coffee Meets Bagel Leverages Data and AI for Love.

https://www.ciodive.com/news/coffee-meets-bagel-dating-technology-ai-data/548395/


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