When you have no gyms nearby you get an error msg: "SORRY BRO..." <- so if im not a bro but a brolady what do I do besides complain?
"Bro" is gender-neutral, as far as I'm concerned.
Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
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Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#22I finished up the first round of my side project: PeerGym http://www.peergym.com let's you search for quality gyms in your area by membership price and amenities - the kinds of things services like Google Maps and Yelp don't do. Most people do a particular kind of workout (running, weights), and need special equipment (treadmill, barbells), and you can't always guarantee you'll know what you're getting just by the na…
My area only shows Crossfit gyms. Are there other gym types planned?
Also, although this appears more like a personal project and less like a startup, the ability to cancel a membership through this site would be great. Membership cancellation is one of the biggest pains with gyms today.
Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#23How do gyms make it into the database? I'm looking at where I live (Brooklyn), and almost every single gym listed is a CrossFit gym. There are a considerable number of missing gyms. Otherwise, this is awesome. I work out at home now, but when I was looking for a gym a while back, it was extremely annoying. New York is especially bad since most gyms are small and/or prioritize cardio equipment and weight machines as o…
Same here. Every gym nearby was Crossfit. There are several large, chain gyms and smaller places nearby too.
Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#24Clicking on 'Price' under 'Sort by' results in the error message:
> Sorry bro! We couldn't find any gyms in your area, so head up to search bar and try again.
when there are gyms displayed for same area when sorted by location
edit: looks like it's triggered when area's gyms don't have any associated prices
Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#25I keep on hearing about Elixir/Phoenix. What is the advantage of putting this on Elixir vs something like Rails or Laravel?
Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#26When you have no gyms nearby you get an error msg: "SORRY BRO..." <- so if im not a bro but a brolady what do I do besides complain?
Why complain at all?
Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's a nice project, well executed and sorta scratches an itch. I think if you actually want to try to get some usage, you're going to really have to put your business/growth hat on and really try and understand why people would use it, how they're going to find it, one or 2 key "wow" features, etc.
It seems like the focus is more to get one's feet wet with Phoenix/Elixir (especially as the OP refers to a tutorial series he wants to write) - not making this site into a wildly successful business
And that's totally fine (sort of). But sounded like author wanted to take it further.
Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#28Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#29I finished up the first round of my side project: PeerGym http://www.peergym.com let's you search for quality gyms in your area by membership price and amenities - the kinds of things services like Google Maps and Yelp don't do. Most people do a particular kind of workout (running, weights), and need special equipment (treadmill, barbells), and you can't always guarantee you'll know what you're getting just by the na…
My area only shows Crossfit gyms. Are there other gym types planned? Also, although this appears more like a personal project and less like a startup, the ability to cancel a membership through this site would be great. Membership cancellation is one of the biggest pains with gyms today.
The original thought behind this experiment was to include quality gyms with a vast amount of equipment. Turns out that Crossfit gyms fit the bill there. I had a great data feed of them, so they represent about 90% of the gyms in the US on our list. The rest are smaller, mom-and-pop powerlifting and strongman gyms. If you sort by price you'll find many of those other gyms are listed on the site.
The next step is to offer passes online and allow you to cancel / augment your memberships. We just have to get the gyms on board :)
Re: Show HN: PeerGym – A Health Club Database Made with Elixir/Phoenix
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's a nice project, well executed and sorta scratches an itch. I think if you actually want to try to get some usage, you're going to really have to put your business/growth hat on and really try and understand why people would use it, how they're going to find it, one or 2 key "wow" features, etc.
It seems like the focus is more to get one's feet wet with Phoenix/Elixir (especially as the OP refers to a tutorial series he wants to write) - not making this site into a wildly successful business
It's both :)