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Hi Product Hunt! 👋 My name is Eliot, I'm a student and developer from the Bay Area. DMV Filter is a better interface for the California DMV's appointment finder that also alerts you when new appointments are available. What: First and foremost, DMV Filter is a filtering tool. You can see ALL appointments near you at once, filter by distance and time, and see availability visualized on a map. If you can't find anything that fits your needs, DMV Filter Pro allows you to create alerts for appointments so you can find something sooner and closer. Why: I'm currently in the process of getting a California Driver's License, and the main pain point has been the DMV. Their website is awful, it's difficult to see what appointments are available where and when, and spots tend to fill up weeks in advance. I know there are websites that offer flight notifications and filtering (like seats.aero) but couldn't find anything for the DMV, so I decided to build one. How: We get data from the DMV API every 30 minutes (soon to be shorter) and then notify users of appointments that fit their alert criteria. These appointments show up more often than you'd expect! The DMV only lets you make one appointment at a time, so people have to cancel their old appointment to make a new one. I can't think of anything as universally disliked as the DMV, so I hope this tool can make it a bit more pleasant going forward! I'll be around here to answer any questions throughout the day, or you can reach out through the site. Thanks, Eliot

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