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248points
225comments
#197of 2,570 in 2022
Top 8%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
12 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 42 critical, out of 80 comments about the project. Thread score -0.42.
Execution: 1 for, 22 againstIdea: 5 for, 13 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
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What people liked
Clean, nice UI design
From 3 comments
Oh man. I love how clean this UI is. I'm stealing some ideas for sure. Can you point me toward any inspiration you had in designing? Other sites, approaches, etc.? I know nothing…
batesy on HNReally well done, especially the UI. Definitely going to put this to use.
rglover on HNThat looks very nice! Where did you get info about wifi speeds of cafes'?
whitepaint on HN
Good idea for remote workers
From 2 comments
Wow, I didn't know that we can work from Whole Foods https://workmode.co/san-jose/whole-foods-market jk. This is great! I've been WFH for quite a long time, and sometimes wish to…
huydotnet on HNThis would be a cool plugin for Google Maps for essentially any public Wifi, wouldn't want to limit it to cafes.
alttab on HN
Objections
Cafe owners may be overwhelmed by laptop workers buying little
From 2 comments
This sounds like a great way to overwhelm a person's local business with people who buy one beverage and then consume a table for the rest of the day. If I were a coffee shop…
dimitrios1 on HNNice, but I specifically don't want this tool. I work from cafes a few days a week. I'm aware that this is not what cafes are for, so I generally try to consume as much as I can…
CodinM on HN
Empty database, too few listings outside tech hubs
From 3 comments
This is pretty cool. Unfortunately it's not valuable yet without other people populating it with data. Is there any way you can automatically get a first batch of data into it?…
leros on HNNo, you built a website to crowdsource cafe data. I have tried every major city within four hours of me. Zero data.
meragrin_ on HNI like the idea, but I threw in a bunch of test queries and it only seems to find cafes in places where it's easy to find cafes to work from (and thus the site is not really…
jhugo on HN
Near me and city search return wrong locations
From 4 comments
Cool idea but it shows me Amsterdam cafes but I am located in Tallinn.
nocubicles on HNWhen I click Near Me it shows Amsterdam but I'm in California. It also doesn't ask to geolocate me. Is it not working for me? It seems that you're using Cloudflare. I wrote a…
tppiotrowski on HNMight want to work on it: salem oregon gives me a map for salem, MA. And Albany, OR, gives me Albany, NY.
mgarfias on HNJust tried the site, works fast and nicely but... I searched for 'Birmingham' in the search box. The suggested list included Birmingham UK as well as Birmingham Al and all.…
2b3a51 on HN
Site crashed under HN traffic
From 2 comments
Love the simplistic design - "500 Internal Server Error"
m1117 on HNHN hug of death, website keeps loading. What's the tech stack? Shouldn't the basic static files still load properly?
XCSme on HN
Requests
Fix location and city matching
From 3 comments
Just tried the site, works fast and nicely but... I searched for 'Birmingham' in the search box. The suggested list included Birmingham UK as well as Birmingham Al and all.…
2b3a51 on HNI specify Vancouver it gives me the choice between WA and Canada. When I choose WA, it still gives me Canada. Ugh.
waynecochran on HNAmsterdam is somehow "Near Me" in Florida.
rabuse on HN
Add username/password login and email sign-in
From 2 comments
Thumbs up from me, nice work. My wants: * Support for e-mail signins, instead of only via SSO * The "Near me" function appears to only use IP as a source for location…
ghusto on HNI love the idea! A couple of thoughts: 1. I'll never use social login 2. When you're on a city, it's not clear how to add a place (do you have to be logged in?)
aagha on HN
Seed data from Google Maps
From 2 comments
This is pretty cool. Unfortunately it's not valuable yet without other people populating it with data. Is there any way you can automatically get a first batch of data into it?…
leros on HNThis, like most apps of its kind, struggles from a bootstrap problem. I live in a fairly non-tech-centric area, one where finding a good remote-work spot would be very useful,…
josefdlange on HN
Questions
How is the cafe data populated
From 2 comments
How did you seed the first cafe? is it all crowd sourced? I only see two cafe in Montreal, QC
focom on HNWhere does the 'checked in' data come from? Foursquare?
ChrisArchitect on HN
What tech stack is used
From 2 comments
UI looks great! What tech stack are you using for build and deployment, other than Nuxt/Vue js?
reducesuffering on HNHN hug of death, website keeps loading. What's the tech stack? Shouldn't the basic static files still load properly?
XCSme on HN
Alternatives named
workfrom.co
From 2 comments
I've used a similar product at https://workfrom.co . Albeit, it appears they partially pivoted during the pandemic towards virtual co-working. They have an app that has wifi…
arecurrence on HNThis sounds like workfrom
noobermin on HN
laptopfriendly.co
From 1 comment
Nice idea! https://laptopfriendly.co/ does a similar thing.
jschulenklopper on HN
Google Maps coffee search
From 1 comment
I just search coffee on google maps
3qz on HN