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Availability and location cannot be solved with a note pad.
by compiler-guy 5mo ago
Availability and location cannot be solved with a note pad.
- m01 5mo agoRestricting the scope to those two problems would remove 1/3 use-cases and around half of the pages required (going by the "The Birth of a Product" section's bullet point list). It's an interesting exercise to think of the absolute simplest way to solve a given problem. As the author had been "itching to build an app for a while", I think solving the problem was not the only goal here - fair enough.
- noprocrasted 5mo agoA shared AirTag could probably take care of the location issue easily. I assume that in this scenario with exclusively trusted users, trading off privacy for the convenience might be worthwhile.
- compiler-guy 5mo agoOne design requirement was that the car’s location is only known when it is available, which rules out AirTags. And sure, relaxing that requirement would make for an easier implementation. But also worse acceptance by users.
- tantalor 5mo agoNeither are needed to solve the problem of "splitting the gas bill".
- compiler-guy 5mo agoIf that were the only problem the author was solving, that would be relevant. But he is solving much more than that.