My Car Got Towed at 3am in San Francisco. There Was No Way to Reach Me.
A $718 impound bill, a lost dog named Tiger, and the infrastructure gap that became Wavr.
I Tried Every Way to Reach a Stranger About Their Parked Car in San Jose. Nothing Worked.
Four methods, four failures, and the structural gap that makes contacting a vehicle owner impossible in 2025.
Lost Dog in San Jose. What the Apps Tell You to Do. What Actually Works.
Tiger spent the night at a shelter because the family who found him had no way to reach me. A 22-hour communication failure that should have taken 50 minutes.
Would You Put a QR Code on Your Car? The Privacy Risks, and How We Designed Around Every One
Seven real threat scenarios, the architectural decisions that address each one, and an open challenge to find one we missed.