Official technical blog by NearMe, Inc.https://tech.nearme.jp/enhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2026-01-08-vehicle-slot/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2026-01-08-vehicle-slot/This article covers the challenges in dispatching operations and additional issues that emerged during development, followed by a summary of the impact delivered by the vehicle slot feature.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:11:29 GMTarchitecturehttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2025-06-30-shift-scheduling-with-optimization-and-ai-agents/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2025-06-30-shift-scheduling-with-optimization-and-ai-agents/This article describes the requirements of our shift optimization system, how we translated those requirements into a mathematical optimization framework, and an interactive shift scheduling system using AI agents.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 04:57:34 GMTarchitecturehttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2024-12-27-large-neighborhood-search-for-continuous-optimization/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2024-12-27-large-neighborhood-search-for-continuous-optimization/This article explains Large Neighborhood Search, how we applied it to our ride-sharing service, and an overview of the system architecture.Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:33:23 GMTarchitectureoptimizationhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2024-11-25-pulumi-at-nearme/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2024-11-25-pulumi-at-nearme/This article explores how Pulumi's unique approach to infrastructure management has transformed our Platform Engineering practices, enhanced developer productivity, and improved our infrastructure reliabilityMon, 25 Nov 2024 01:49:44 GMTarchitectureinfrastructurehttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2024-03-22-shared-ride-timetable/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2024-03-22-shared-ride-timetable/We recently released a timetable feature to fill vacant seats in our airport shared-ride service. This post explains the feature overview and system design.Fri, 22 Mar 2024 03:18:00 GMTarchitecturehttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2023-11-02-automated-dispatch-assignment/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2023-11-02-automated-dispatch-assignment/As an introduction to our automated dispatch assignment system, this article covers the system overview, assignment logic, monitoring approach, and our plan to introduce deep reinforcement learning.Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:26:07 GMTarchitectureoptimizationhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2023-04-10-jsonlogic-chatgpt/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2023-04-10-jsonlogic-chatgpt/I had been thinking about flexible system customization using JsonLogic as a topic for a tech blog post, but I wanted to add an extra twist. I wondered what would happen if I combined it with the recently popular ChatGPT, and the results were surprisingly good — so I rewrote the post with a new title.Mon, 10 Apr 2023 03:07:10 GMTresearchhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2022-12-30-external-api-platform/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2022-12-30-external-api-platform/This article explains the design of NearMe's external API platform for ridesharing services, including tenant setup, authentication, webhooks, and the relay service between internal and external APIs.Fri, 30 Dec 2022 06:41:40 GMTarchitectureinfrastructurehttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2022-07-28-argo-ci/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2022-07-28-argo-ci/In this article, I will explain NearMe's CI architecture. We implemented CI using Argo running on Kubernetes.Thu, 28 Jul 2022 04:54:34 GMTarchitectureinfrastructurehttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2022-03-23-order-processing-for-ride-sharing/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2022-03-23-order-processing-for-ride-sharing/In our service, we accumulate advance reservations and, each time a new order arrives, compute the best ride-sharing combination so dispatch decisions can be made incrementally. This article looks at the kinds of patterns that emerge in this process.Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:00:00 GMTarchitectureoptimizationhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-12-15-ride-dispatch-orchestration/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-12-15-ride-dispatch-orchestration/In this article, we look at the analogy between Kubernetes and dispatch routing.Wed, 15 Dec 2021 02:37:18 GMTarchitectureoptimizationhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-09-21-darts-time-series-forecasting/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-09-21-darts-time-series-forecasting/In this article, we forecast ride demand for an advance-booking mobility service using time-series analysis.Tue, 21 Sep 2021 04:56:57 GMTresearchhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-08-11-rust-openstreetmap/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-08-11-rust-openstreetmap/In this article, we explore OpenStreetMap, an open geospatial dataset, using Rust. The motivation is to solve large and complex transportation data problems with higher performance and better resolution.Wed, 11 Aug 2021 02:43:47 GMTresearchhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-07-02-taxi-bus-smooth-relationship/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-07-02-taxi-bus-smooth-relationship/In this article, I explain the main parameters used in ridesharing shuttles, show that one extreme becomes taxi-like while the other becomes bus-like, and discuss how we can connect the two smoothly.Fri, 02 Jul 2021 02:25:08 GMTarchitectureoptimizationhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-06-07-dispatch-routing-state-management/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-06-07-dispatch-routing-state-management/In our pre-booking airport shuttle ridesharing service, we perform routing sequentially as orders come in, and there is a "routing state" that changes over time across all orders. In this article, we will explain the state management of dispatch routing with architecture.Mon, 07 Jun 2021 02:40:10 GMTarchitectureoptimizationhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-05-08-multitenant-dispatch/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-05-08-multitenant-dispatch/Multi-tenancy, as seen in many SaaS services, means enabling multiple companies to use a service independently within a single architecture. Combined with the unique nature of dispatch operations, this feature has played an important role in our business expansion.Sat, 08 May 2021 13:40:59 GMTarchitectureoptimizationhttps://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-04-27-start-nearme-tech-blog/https://tech.nearme.jp/en/blog/2021-04-27-start-nearme-tech-blog/Hello, I am Hosoda, CTO of NearMe, Inc. At NearMe, we provide Smart Shuttle, a ride-sharing transportation service powered by AI. We started this tech blog to share the technical depth and excitement of the field we are tackling, along with insights from daily problem-solving and technical research.Tue, 27 Apr 2021 02:58:36 GMTevent