Really well done, especially the UI. Definitely going to put this to use.
Thanks man!
Show HN: I built a website to find nearby cafes to work remotely from
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#82A 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.
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#83Oh 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.
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#84This 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 influ…
We need more coworking spaces with cafes. Cafés weren't designed to be coworking spaces.
Recent ones are.
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#85No, you built a website to crowdsource cafe data. I have tried every major city within four hours of me. Zero data.
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#86I'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
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Maybe there needs to be an office space + cubicle + coffee shop rental thing This is essentially what co-working spaces like WeWork are. But they are quite expensive which is probably why a lot of people continue to use coffee shops (environment and location of coffee shop may also be preferable)
Yeah I work form home and I looked into those spaces at one time and OMG ... yeah that's not something I'm going to do.
I already pay rent on a whole home. Not going to pay the same amount for 6 square meter.
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#88This 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 influ…
There is a cafe chain in Russia that charges by the minute but most drinks are free. They tried to expand to the U.K. in the mid-2010s, but their test cafes failed, and they pulled out after a few years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziferblat
The one in Manchester is still here, just under a different name: https://oppidan-social.com/
It's quite reasonably priced actually, and a bit more co-working focused than your average coffee shop.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting idea, but probably illegal in most places unfortunately.
What kind of law would prohibit you to block out cell signal in your own building?
An entirely sensible one which prohibits you from preventing an emergency call being made in case of fire, injury, crime etc.
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#90Is 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?