Nearby-Shops-End-User-Android-app
Web and SaaS
local commerce marketplace
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
5 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea to release as open source for bootstrapping businesses
From 2 comments
Thanks for sharing ! This could be very useful for bootstrapping businesses. One could spend months coding this.
khnov on HNthank you ... we thought its good to release it open-source so that people don't have to spend time building software and they can get straight to building business ... More-over…
sumeetk on HN
Objections
Tax and legal compliance for bills is complex
From 2 comments
The legal nuances, tax variations and jurisdiction level laws that need to be implemented is not trivial and requires significant domain expertise - where is this going to come…
sockpuppy on HN> if its needed we can add taxes ... in the bill You should check the related laws to produce compliant bills. I don't know about the US and its various state laws, but in my…
wott on HN
Backend code lacks coding standards
From 1 comment
I wanted to contribute in the backend project ...but when I opened the project..the basic coding standards are missing..i know this is open source and can be fixed but all over…
rufi on HN
Shops may be unwilling to join yet another platform
From 1 comment
Very interesting. My most immediate question would be whether or not your platform has gained traction in any specific geographic locations? How many stores are participating and…
technotarek on HN
Requests
Live delivery person location tracking
From 2 comments
Can we add delivery person and their live location? Can it notify the nearest delivery person?
rohan_shah on HNyes you can add delivery person and there is a special dashboard for delivery person ... live location tracking will be SURELY available in future releases !
sumeetk on HN
Peer-to-peer distributed version
From 2 comments
I wonder if this type of app is a good use case for a P2P distributed app. E.g. Dat style? I see a lot of P2P that is basically good for distributing your favorite cat photos…
hutch120 on HNMy thoughts exactly. The market discovery service mentioned could be done off a distributed network. Making it P2P could also enable a host of delivery Entreprenuers to…
sandeepc on HN
Backend refactoring with Spring Boot and better logging
From 1 comment
I wanted to contribute in the backend project ...but when I opened the project..the basic coding standards are missing..i know this is open source and can be fixed but all over…
rufi on HN
Questions
Who will deliver the groceries
From 1 comment
I struggle to understand: who will deliver the groceries?
daRealDodo on HN
Is it in use anywhere
From 2 comments
Very interesting. My most immediate question would be whether or not your platform has gained traction in any specific geographic locations? How many stores are participating and…
technotarek on HNYou have a lot of the same motivations we have when started ATTIC -- as in helping smaller retailer operations compete with the technical and marketing budgets of big business.…
technotarek on HN
Alternatives named
Open Food Network
From 1 comment
Reminds me of Open Food Network, which seems to have quite an active community making contributions https://github.com/openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork
duncanfwalker on HN
OFOS (agriya)
From 1 comment
Was it using Zomato model? Looks like this open source has similar features https://github.com/agriya/OFOS
johnx123-up on HN
Crunchbutton
From 1 comment
We open sourced our old startup https://crunchbutton.com too--included iPhone and Android apps, a whole suite of tools to support twilio customer service, driver scheduling,…
kvee on HN