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Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

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Post by berkes »

addandsubtract wrote: post #74
qurashee wrote: post #24

Twenty-three years ago, during my daily trips to the university campus, I had the exact same idea. However, I became distracted by calculating the position of the sun and delved into astronomical algorithms, which led me to never complete it. Kudos to you, that's really impressive!

Getting lost on the 0.1% edge cases or improvements is why I never finish side projects, either.

I don't always manage to adhere to my own advise here. But talking to "customers" really solves this.

Half these customers can't be bothered by the edge cases that I've been poring over for nights. The other half puts forward edge cases that I've never been aware of. Some of which are critical to their work-flow. Many are implemented in mere minutes. "Wow. That saves us 30 minutes typing over prices, every day!".

As an engineer I love to find solutions. But as an entrepeneur I really must understand the problem and scope. that 0.1% edge cases is hardly ever part of the success.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

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Post by ngcazz »

addandsubtract wrote: post #74
qurashee wrote: post #24

Twenty-three years ago, during my daily trips to the university campus, I had the exact same idea. However, I became distracted by calculating the position of the sun and delved into astronomical algorithms, which led me to never complete it. Kudos to you, that's really impressive!

Getting lost on the 0.1% edge cases or improvements is why I never finish side projects, either.

Writing the level editor for my raycaster is why I never wrote my raycaster

Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

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Post by andy_ppp »

This is brilliant, one thing I would say is making the “Preferred Side” value red leads my eye to believe red = negative/not good/don't so I was searching for something else without thinking. Probably better to make the affirmative/do this/sit here colour green not red.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

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Post by andy_ppp »

avhon1 wrote: post #86

I'm surprised that so many posts are people saying they want this. I've never felt a strong preference for shady seats while traveling. Why do (many) people prefer them?

I'm fine with sun for a few minutes but it get's distracting and makes it difficult to sleep and work on a laptop.
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