Kopaev Alex

Kopaev Alex

OpenVan.camp · Van lifer · Vibe coder

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I live in a Fiat Ducato campervan with my wife and a cat named Zhuzhu. I vibe-coded OpenVan.camp — a global news aggregator for the van life community, built with Claude & AI tools for ~$150/mo. OpenVan.camp tracks van life regulations, events, and news across 40+ countries in 7 languages. It parses 200+ sources, clusters duplicates using AI embeddings, and auto-publishes to Telegram, WhatsApp, and social media — all on autopilot with 0 full-time developers. Built on Laravel 12 + Livewire. Not a developer by trade — just someone who needed the tool and built it for myself first.

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Kopaev Alex

15h ago

OpenVan.camp - Van life news, events & fuel cost map for 40+ countries

News hub + toolbox for van lifers, built by a van lifer. 📰 News: 200+ sources, 40+ countries, 7 languages — AI deduplicates, no noise. 📅 650+ van life events worldwide. 🗺️ NEW Map: route + fuel cost calculator, smart per-country tank logic. ⛽ Live fuel prices (diesel/petrol/LPG) in 85+ countries — one of the most complete free databases for overlanders. 🧮 Visa calculators: Schengen, Turkey, Russia. 💱 Currency converter.
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