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Show HN: I built a website to find nearby cafes to work remotely from
- jhugo 4y agoI 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 needed). In all the cities where I remember struggling to find a place to sit with my laptop, it returned zero results.
- tmoravec 4y agoBug report: I can find cafés in my city when I search, but "Places near you" still give me places that are are 800km away. Even when I sort by distance.
- whitepaint 4y agoThat looks very nice! Where did you get info about wifi speeds of cafes'?
- toyg 4y agoI think it's supposed to be reported by users themselves when they are there, considering it prompts you to do that.
- frizkyK 4y agoExactly
- frizkyK 4y agoUsers can check into a place whenever they are located in a cafe. Checking in starts a speed test and a review form. The result gets shared with other people.
- focom 4y agoHow did you seed the first cafe? is it all crowd sourced? I only see two cafe in Montreal, QC
- frizkyK 4y agoUsers can check into a place whenever they are located in a cafe. You can do so with the little button in the bottom right corner. You can also submit places when you're a (free) member, without checking in.
- nocubicles 4y agoCool idea but it shows me Amsterdam cafes but I am located in Tallinn.
- toyg 4y agoI think it defaults to Amsterdam for anyone it cannot locate (because "A" maybe...?).
- worldsayshi 4y agoBecause no-one has added a closer cafe yet.
- hpeinar 4y agoNot sure how much use it would be for Tallinn anyway, you have Wifi in your pocket anyway so that really isn't a deciding factor usually (unless you are traveling through and don't want to get a temp SIM for mobile internet). If I'd have to guess, people pick cafes to work from here based on the location, atmosphere and food. Could literally work under a tree in a forest here if you have enough battery.
- puttycat 4y agoGreat idea! But location-specific search doesn't seem to work: I searched for `Paris', selected `Paris, France' from the list, but nothing happened.
- toyg 4y agoNice idea. Obviously the issue is bootstrapping the database - for example Manchester, England, has plenty of suitable cafes but none appear.
- alttab 4y agoThis would be a cool plugin for Google Maps for essentially any public Wifi, wouldn't want to limit it to cafes.
- leros 4y agoThis 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? Maybe scrape coffee shops from Google Maps and add them as not verified or something like that.
- frizkyK 4y agoYes, the backend fetched places from Google whenever there are none listed on Workmode. Had to turn it off because Hackernews slowed down the system OOPS
- leros 4y agoMakes sense. You should backfill even when there are results. It would be a shame for the first review coming in to become the only listing.
- padolsey 4y agoThis is cool. Reminds me.. I have always liked the idea of opening a cafe (who hasn't !?) but I'd struggle with the modern behaviour of peeps sitting for hours taking up a plug + wifi in exchange for ~£$4. Hugely uneconomical for independents. Good-faith customers aware of the economic burden of their behaviour are a VERY rare breed.. So I quite like (/ethically hate) the idea of creating scarcities in order to influence behaviour away from this norm. E.g. limited internet consumption, no wall sockets, pay-per-minute, etc. Thoughts?
- didip 4y agoI have been thinking of subscription only coffee shop. Members bring some kind of card to scan and enter. This way, members have a safe place to come in, work, and read whatever they want to read.
- emsixteen 4y agoJust don't have wifi.
- iso1631 4y agoTether off your phone. I rarely use public wifi, too much hassle. Don't have power though and I won't be around for long.
- ghaff 4y agoSeems like less of a problem these days. Most laptops will give you hours of use without charging. M1s and Chromebooks basically give you an entire day. And a fair number of people just work on their phones for a lot of purposes.
- Aeolun 4y agoYeah, have enough traffic on my phone that connecting to wifi that has hundreds of other people connected to it is generally a bad idea. If my network slows to a crawl, it’s always because I’ve accidentally connected to some public wifi network.
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- arecurrence 4y agoI've used a similar product at https://workfrom.co https://workfrom.co . Albeit, it appears they partially pivoted during the pandemic towards virtual co-working. They have an app that has wifi speed reports which was my primary reason to install it (it also lists a qualitative score for accessing a power socket). There's around 20,000 locations in their database IIRC. The old web interface still exists eg: https://workfrom.co/search?g=seattle https://workfrom.co/search?g=seattle
- m1117 4y agoLove the simplistic design - "500 Internal Server Error"
- another_devy 4y agoProbably server went down due to too much traffic
- ASalazarMX 4y agoBro.
- alhirzel 4y agoHug of death
- frizkyK 4y agoSorry for that.. Should be better now The backend fetched places from Google whenever there were none available :( Turned it off for now A better solution would be to queue and cron it.
- louky 4y agoSlashdotted.
- wolfgang000 4y agoThe "near you" list sent me to amsterdam, I'm in bogota, like a continent away, Maybe you should check your geo-ip api/db
- Vladimof 4y ago500 Internal Server Error
- frizkyK 4y agoShould be fixed now, sorry for that.. The backend fetched results from the Google API whenever none were available. Had to turn if off for now
- dimitrios1 4y agoThis 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 owner I would be wary of this.
- frizkyK 4y agoYea I am strongly against that. I'll have to figure a way to make it clear to support the business by purchasing every now and then.
- kulikalov 4y agoI don’t think there is a way to replace local knowledge. I’ve been changing cities and countries many times in the past decade and every time I tried to find local gems using Google, maps, reviews and so on. Nothing comes close to substituting connection with locals and good old word of mouth.
- frizkyK 4y agoI agree, but the results on Workmode are submitted and reviewed by users of the website! :)
- mariorojas 4y agolooks unavailable to me
- frizkyK 4y agoShould be fixed now, sorry for that..
- mariorojas 4y agoit is! thank you
- cmer 4y agoI discovered a pretty neat alternative to cafes a few years back. I like to go to the food court at my local shopping mall. It's pretty much empty during the day, has plenty of seating, different table heights, outlets, wi-fi, etc. Nobody will kick you out if you're not constantly sipping coffee, and you won't feel the pressure to keep buying stuff. As a bonus, there is a McDonalds often selling coffee for just $1. And when it's lunch time, well, there's a dozen restaurants to chose from!
- loceng 4y agoBonus if you have decals on your laptop that promote your brand(s) - free exposure or potential conversation starter, especially during any rush times!
- wellthisisgreat 4y agoThis is quite brilliant. Also I suppose the space is wide and with high ceilings which should help with abstract thinking
- enraged_camel 4y ago…is that a thing?
- andyjsong 4y agoAbsolutely, why do you think churches have such high ceilings? Or just sheer volume of air means you're getting more oxygen to your brain vs. working in a 10x10x10 cube. Maybe VR can help with this? Simulate nature without the drawbacks of working outside where there is a lack of internet and the sun glare on your screen.
- spiderice 4y agoLike 5 citations needed
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- noobermin 4y agoThis sounds like workfrom
- frizkyK 4y agoThey're awesome!
- XCSme 4y agoHN hug of death, website keeps loading. What's the tech stack? Shouldn't the basic static files still load properly?
- xwdv 4y agoIf the cafes are so nearby wouldn’t I already be familiar with them? But if they are too far, would I really travel to them just to work remotely? That’s a commute, which is exactly what I want to avoid.
- winterplace 4y agoWhy contact you? Because you are insightful unlike most and there is agreement on some of the insights you wrote. Do you have an email address or a contact method? Old thread could not be replied to, probably because too many days past.
- frizkyK 4y agoWorkmode is great for people traveling to new cities. A lot of the users are so called digital nomads
- frizkyK 4y agoSorry guys I'm so stupid. If there are no results, the backend fetches the results from Google and injects them into the database. Got tons of traffic posting it here, which messed up the backend. Just turned it off :'( Better solution to create a queue, cron, and occasionally fetch new cities...
- mattjaynes 4y agoHonest question: How do cafe owners make the best of workers using their cafe as a work place? I've heard it referred to as the "laptop hobo" problem: customers that come and buy a small coffee and take up a table for 4+ hours. How have you seen cafe owners handle this well so that they sustain the business and avoid the freeloader problem? Sometimes I see "No Laptops" signs in cafes, but I'm sure there are better approaches.
- mikebowman 4y agoCoffee shop I used to work at made the conscious choice not to have any customer-accessible power outlets, so people were limited by their laptop batteries. I was told when they built the place, they debated between offering free wifi, or having plugs in the cafe. They ended up offering wifi, but no plugs. Seemed to work pretty well, I don't remember there being a huge crowd of people staying long. Although it was also a small shop with fairly limited seating. Although, that plan is faulty now, given that I could easily get 6-8 hours of work out of my Macbook, thanks to the M1 chips.
- treesknees 4y agoIt may depend on the coffee shop. There is a local cafe near me that gets customers, but I've never really seen it full. I'm sure they would love to have a crowd of people hanging out buying drinks, but also making it appear more popular and a nice place to hang out. I've been to cafes before that were silent and just awkward to be in because it was just me, my friend, and the barista. > Although, that plan is faulty now, given that I could easily get 6-8 hours of work out of my Macbook, thanks to the M1 chips. Heh, I was going to say, the other day I was able to use my M1 Pro laptop for nearly 8 hours and it still had around 30% battery remaining.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 4y agoThe people who try to order a single black coffee and plop down for 8 hours (the aforementioned "laptop hobos") are almost assuredly going to be using an older laptop with a beat up battery. People who can afford a latest gen MacBook with great battery life are also the people who can afford fancier drinks every couple hours.
- rglover 4y agoReally well done, especially the UI. Definitely going to put this to use.
- frizkyK 4y agoThanks man!
- pydry 4y agoNice idea in theory but this works better as a feature of existing maps rather than as a whole new website.
- jamal-kumar 4y agoI love the idea - One issue I'm seeing however is that places with duplicate names (Try "Santiago" or "San Jose" for examples of city names that are shared by many large places) aren't returning their distinct results when clicked on, immediately making it impossible for me to use.
- Zigurd 4y agoA good database of municipalities for the drop-down selector for location. But when I select my town, the site gets my location wrong. The Town of Harvard is not very near the university named Harvard, nor the Cambridge neighborhood of Harvard Square. So either the location of the town is incorrect, or the application is in some other way misinterpreting the selected location. It also finds no cafes near Harvard Square.
- batesy 4y agoOh 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 about UI design and it always stops me from getting my ideas created.
- frizkyK 4y agoThanks :) I got a lot of inspiration from the Twitter UI/UX actually haha
- mceoin 4y agoHey frizkyK - if you'd like improve the site for SEO I'd be happy to jump on a call and give you some pointers. There's a lot of good stuff here already. (Free, of course, I just think this is a cool idea!)
- meragrin_ 4y agoNo, you built a website to crowdsource cafe data. I have tried every major city within four hours of me. Zero data.
- frizkyK 4y ago:( The backend should normally fetch data from APIs if no results can be found. Temporarily disabled due to HN's traffic slowing down the website a lot. Sorry for that.
- markhalonen 4y agoI've found libraries to be superior to cafes for working -- dead quiet. Funded by the taxpayer, so zero financial worries, just a public space. Free WiFi, Printer, etc. Nice chairs too
- frizkyK 4y agoYes, I agree! You can also submit and check into libraries on Workmode.co!
- huydotnet 4y agoYes, libraries have been one of my best choices for a year, instead of an hour driving to the office, I changed my routine to 10 min, grab a coffee, and head to the library. The only downside is you can't make a phone call in a library, sometimes I had to run to the parking lot (which also has wifi covered) to take Zoom calls :D
- crotho 4y agoMany libraries have conference rooms and small rooms you can book for silent work or meetings. Many have separated silent and social areas in which you can get away with a call if you're on headphones and not being a loud douche. Just ask at the desk.
- bluedino 4y agoMy library has fiber internet...but it only allows browsing. No ssh, no git, no vpn...
- puttycat 4y agoI use a VPN service which has endpoints that accept connections on TCP 80/443, and UDP 53, one of these usually works to bypass these limitations.
- zeIMOr5vRXhVpO 4y agowhich one is that?
- frostwarrior 4y agoIs this prepared for worldwide locations? I'm in South America and the nearest location is a cafe in Amsterdam. Is this due to a small data set or does it set you in Europe/North America by default?
- frizkyK 4y agoYes it is, the places are submitted by users of the website. Places are fetched from Google API when there are no places on Workmode. Turned this off tho, for now, because it slowed the backend
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoI don't think it is, or the quick fix the owner made is not working. There appears to be a database collision. If I search "Birmingham" the search tool returns a list including "Birmingham, UK" and "Birmingham, AL, USA" but choosing Birmingham, UK goes to https://workmode.co/birmingham https://workmode.co/birmingham which shows the map for Birmingham, AL, USA. Maybe they could add short alphanum strings to the URLs to disambiguate (eg /Birmingham-D4F7A) or make each place it's own alphanum strings and add the name as an extra part that ultimately isn't needed (eg example.com/D4F7A/Birmingham). I guess this is a solved problem but I don't know of a town level global naming scheme?
- itslennysfault 4y agoIt shows me Amsterdam too, and I'm in the US. Seems like it just defaults to Amsterdam (doesn't use your location). Try searching for your city.
- ChrisArchitect 4y agoWhere does the 'checked in' data come from? Foursquare?
- frizkyK 4y agoFrom the users of Workmode You can create an account and actually check into places on Workmode :) You can do so by clicking on the button in the bottom right corner. It starts a speed test and review form. The results will be shared with other people!
- ChrisArchitect 4y agoFun to play around with, nice job. Looking at all the cafes and coffeeshops from the before times when going out was safe and working from home wasn't the norm. Random: a 'workplace' near me is listed on the map but it's a medical supplies store? Not sure why it's listed as an option, pretty sure there's nothing in there but retail. What's the criteria for your listings?
- huydotnet 4y agoWow, I didn't know that we can work from Whole Foods https://workmode.co/san-jose/whole-foods-market 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 have exactly the same app here where I can go find somewhere near my house to work. Thank you so much for building this!
- reducesuffering 4y agoUI looks great! What tech stack are you using for build and deployment, other than Nuxt/Vue js?
- Alatrix 4y agoGenuine question: why do you go to cafes to use wifi or an outlet?
- bowmessage 4y agoAwesome website. Though, I am disincentivized to add my favorite hidden gems, lest they become so crowded that I can no longer use them myself :)
- haolez 4y agoDoesn't show anything in São Paulo, Brazil :(
- sgt 4y agoJust set up with your laptop in a local park under the shade of a tree. Ask the nearby hobos to bring you coffee.
- 2b3a51 4y agoJust 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. Clicked to accept Birmingham UK and got a list of places in Birmingham AL USA. I understand that the system is based on user reports. But perhaps a way of saying 'nothing for Birmingham UK, did you mean...' might help. PS: a few below for Birmingham UK https://www.waylandsyard.com/birmingham https://www.waylandsyard.com/birmingham Off peak afternoons good...window benches are nice. Batteries needed. Just up the road from a huge but largely empty co-working space in an old department store that charges huge fees. Wifi OKish https://javaroastery.co.uk/ https://javaroastery.co.uk/ Java Roastery: again best at off-peak times, i.e. mid morning or mid-afternoon. Quite a few one / two people tables. Batteries needed. https://www.karibucoffeehouse.co.uk/ https://www.karibucoffeehouse.co.uk/ Tanzania theme, used to have a lovely long bench against a wall with power sockets and fast wifi. The bench was a COVID victim but power might still be OK. I'm hoping the drop-donuts with cardamom and spices are still on. https://www.oldprintworks.org/transfer https://www.oldprintworks.org/transfer Actual co-working space at £75 month or taster £5 for first week if you are passing through... not been there at all as I have an actual house not far away.
- kkfx 4y agoA small foreword: I'm not criticize author work but the concept of nomadic work. I have nothing against nomadic life. I have much against working in public place with the screen visible, the keyboard visible, often connected on crappy WiFi sometimes even proxyed networks, ... Working on a desktop means that screen and keyboard must be in a controlled and reasonably private environment, a personal boat is ok, a tent can be ok, a camper can be ok, but not a public place with people normally sit behind you. Also when you need to talk a quiet place is mandatory. Long story short: WFH is NOT working in a café or on a beach. Similarly nomadic work is not open-space work. Those of open space kind should IMVHO classified as dangerous to the point that outside special case it must be forbidden.
- ghaff 4y agoPeople should absolutely be aware of what they're working on in a space where someone can see their screen. The "Hostile bid for Twitter" preso should almost certainly not be being worked on in a Starbucks. But a ton of us work on stuff day to day that is not remotely highly sensitive.
- kkfx 4y agoA small question: how many time you do not lock your screen in the office while going to the bathroom, to eat something, ... ? How many time while doing casual things you need to switch an instant to something else, quickly entering credentials etc? Now you are in a café, you'll unlikely left a laptop on the table, but you might have an impromptu need to just look at something, perhaps not even entering credentials per se, but still showing something, even by accidents. MANY information have leaked that way. Many innocuous information per se led to discovering of something else valuable to attackers. You can be perfectly aware 99% of the time, there is still a 1%. Not only: what's work for you? Recently I see a trend, a cohort of people who start working much in time terms and produce far less in substantial terms, they seem to have lost smartness, like what I've seen in SK/Japan where they toxic work culture create an incredible level of inefficiency masked as commitment and hard work, the hard part is the only true ones, the outcome is bad. In the western sauce is even worse: people start to be less and less effective without caring. Managers start to organize toward inefficiency and less smart behaviors encouraging them. Work is a serious thing and should be done seriously witch does not means at all being available 24/7/365 for 99% of jobs, but being effective, concentrated, with all you need in hands, for a defined timeframe. Such timeframe can be fixed or flexible following targets, current needs etc. But nothing more and nothing less than that. Stereotypical laptop/craphone nomadic smart worker is the antithesis of that. Is the elogium of people who prefer living in a fiction snapping fingers and shrugging "ops, I spilled my drink" with the same involvement of "ops, I've just crushed a plain onto an NPP"... Pushing such model is obviously harmful. Is the tentative of creating a legion of stereotypical Ford model workers all easy to source and substitute, all cheap, all unable to see the big picture, all living on their sofa or in the metaverse (see virtual revolution movie from few years ago [1], for instance) such model gives the maximum easiness to the ruling class but also the worst overall outcome, the result is something that can't last longer and just live disasters behind for generations. If we really want to progress, to work less, with less fatigue, with more free time we need the exact opposite. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Revolution
- aagha 4y agoI 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?)
- frizkyK 4y agoThank you! You're right, I'll add a username password login method soon No you don't have to be logged in. You can check into a place by clicking the button in the bottom right corner. This starts a speed test and review form. The results will be shared with other people. However, you can add places without checking in when you are logged in.
- aagha 4y agoThanks! I'll check it back out in a couple of months.
- 3qz 4y agoI just search coffee on google maps
- LesZedCB 4y agoif you're in the PNW like me, you will find 80% espresso stands the size of a shed, and 20% actual cafes. it's pretty frustrating. if anybody is in Redmond, WA and love good, modern espresso, i highly recommend Five Stones. they have single origin espresso that's almost as good as what i make at home ;)
- waynecochran 4y agoI specify Vancouver it gives me the choice between WA and Canada. When I choose WA, it still gives me Canada. Ugh.
- joshcsimmons 4y agoCan I type my zip? UI is not intuitive....
- tppiotrowski 4y agoWhen 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 blogpost [1] about GeoIP lookup using free Cloudflare workers you might find useful. [1] https://tedpiotrowski.svbtle.com/free-geoip-api-with-cloudflare-workers https://tedpiotrowski.svbtle.com/free-geoip-api-with-cloudfl...
- wbobeirne 4y agoQuick bug report: I changed my username, and while it's updated the routing, it hasn't updated the UI. The form keeps trying to use the old username, and the profile menu item keeps linking to the old username. Also, "Near me" doesn't seem to work. It finds nothing, even though when I manually search my city there are plenty of options. Might be useful to explain how it determines what's "Near you" and attempt to expand the radius or suggest a search if it finds nothing.
- josefdlange 4y agoThis, 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, but because there's limited population of people who frequent both that kind of spot and this kind of site in the area, a site like this is unlikely to have results. It's a reverse network effect of sorts. Not your fault, frizkyK, but perhaps it's something to chew on. Maybe crawl some maps data to locate "potential" candidates and offer value to a user for evaluating them? Edit: I see that it's actually already a feature that you've disabled for stability reasons. Interested to see how it behaves once that's resolved.
- cddotdotslash 4y agoThis is neat! Small (I guess it’s a bug?): in NYC it lists Bellevue Hospital on 1st Ave in Manhattan as a “space,” which I guess technically it is, but I’m not sure they want you working from the lobby of the hospital.
- mgarfias 4y agoMight want to work on it: salem oregon gives me a map for salem, MA. And Albany, OR, gives me Albany, NY.
- rafiki6 4y agonot a bad idea, try to add a feature to allow for some real time user generated data like availability of seats, loudness etc.
- unnouinceput 4y agoThis must be an American thing. Here, in Romania, I can walk in any cafe and I have free Wi-Fi at broadband speed. Actually in any place of business where you can sit at a table (malls, bookshops, even mom&pop shops have this).
- rabuse 4y agoAmsterdam is somehow "Near Me" in Florida.
- danans 4y agoBack in the the dotcom days, "Internet Cafes" were special places in SF, where people would hack, surf, eat not-so-great pastries and equally dodgy coffee. Today, as far as I can tell, there is only one cafe left in SF that calls itself an "Internet Cafe": http://orderquetzalinternetcafe.com http://orderquetzalinternetcafe.com I'm not sure if it's a vestige of the past or some kind of retro themed branding, but it's interesting nonetheless. Perhaps these are still more common in other countries where home and mobile internet isn't as widespread or reliable?
- dang 4y agoI used to go to this place sometimes but it no longer exists: https://workmode.co/san-francisco/workshop-cafe-fidi https://workmode.co/san-francisco/workshop-cafe-fidi
- TheRealNGenius 4y agook but why. Why didn't you just look it up and never use it again, unless you move every 3 months.
- somebodythere 4y agoFor the people who haven't looked it up yet, or for the people who move every three months.
- TheRealNGenius 4y agoI could just google it rather than use a site that I have no trust in, once every 3 months.
- CodinM 4y agoNice, 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 (multiple espressos and water bottles that I'd honestly normally get) to offset that, and also tip generously. I also try to get the most undesirable and/or smaller table, and so far the people appreciated and understood what I'm doing. But then again, I know people are different. So I'm not looking forward for a lot of people to fill cafes and sit there for 4 hours on a 2$ bill, it's just going to hurt me as someone that tries to be mindful of someone's business, and the business owner as someone who'll have to kick out a hobo with a Macbook for sipping an espresso for 5 hours while working for more than the coffee shop makes in a day/week.
- muh_gradle 4y agoI live in NYC and I probably would've enjoyed this site a lot more before I ended up just shelling for a WeWork membership. But coffee shops, libraries just aren't conducive to getting real work done. I'm more invested in co-working spaces again now that I have a fully remote job.
- chrysoprace 4y agoCool website, but a couple of UX issues. The location search was failing on my first fetch of the site so I was typing my city and wondering why nothing was showing up. Perhaps some kind of error or feedback would make that experience better. The bottom-right location icon also doesn't seem to like me rejecting location permission and spins indefinitely. Keen to give it a go with some cafes in my area though as currently there are none for my location.
- hackmiester 4y agoI tried to log in with Twitter, but it asked for a million permissions, including being able to follow and unfollow on my behalf. I'm not cool with that.
- ahmed_ds 4y ago> Places near you. > 7,000 km away
- davidkuennen 4y agoI read caves for some reason.
- ghusto 4y agoThumbs 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 awareness(?). This is going to be wildly inaccurate in many countries * The UI is ... off. I can't put my finger on it, so this isn't helpful, I guess, but if feels like something's missing, which makes me feel lost
- poulpy123 4y agoI... I don't get the appeal of working in a cafe. Isn't it better to work from home if remote ?
- K7PJP 4y agoWhy is it necessarily better to work from home if remote? It's not self-evident. Some people don't have a great space to work in at home. Some people find home to be too distracting. Some people want to not be at home all of the time. Some people want to be in a more stimulating environment, to be able to interact with people. I currently work from home due to the pandemic, but I miss the physical separation of work life from home life. I plan to either work from a café or a co-working facility as soon as I feel it is safe to do so.
- jschulenklopper 4y agoNice idea! https://laptopfriendly.co/ https://laptopfriendly.co/ does a similar thing.
- exomegatron 4y agoDan made this almost 10 years ago.