Show HN: I'm Sad

#1

Post by zhoujianfu » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 3:14 PM UTC

Just a little concept I had for a while and I decided to whip it up in the last two nights (exclusively using Claude Code). Give it a try please and let me know any feedback! Also please share to 100,000 of your closest friends.

Thanks!

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Re: Show HN: I'm Sad

#2

Post by codingdave » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 3:49 PM UTC

I live in a rural area, so was surprised to see that there was already a marker where I live. And even more surprised to see that it indicated it was me.

Am I interpreting that correctly that there is no opt-in to having our location mapped when we hit the page? Just loading it publishes our location? Because if so, this is sketchy. Even anonymized, and even if my location is off by 7 miles from where I really am sitting, that is not far off for rural USA. This feels like a bit of a privacy violation.

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#3

Post by zhoujianfu » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 3:52 PM UTC

codingdave wrote: post #2

I live in a rural area, so was surprised to see that there was already a marker where I live. And even more surprised to see that it indicated it was me. Am I interpreting that correctly that there is no opt-in to having our location mapped when we hit the page? Just loading it publishes our location? Because if so, this is sketchy. Even anonymized, and even if my location is off by 7 miles from where I really am sit…

Ah, thanks for the feedback… I’n just using a geo IP lookup by peoples IP for the first “very rough” location, but I hadn’t considered that even a 7 mile radius can not be very anonymous in rural areas! Hmm.. is there a larger radius you feel you’d be comfortable with? Like 50 miles?

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#4

Post by codingdave » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:07 PM UTC

zhoujianfu wrote: post #3

codingdave wrote: post #2

I live in a rural area, so was surprised to see that there was already a marker where I live. And even more surprised to see that it indicated it was me. Am I interpreting that correctly that there is no opt-in to having our location mapped when we hit the page? Just loading it publishes our location? Because if so, this is sketchy. Even anonymized, and even if my location is off by 7 miles from where I really am sit…

Ah, thanks for the feedback… I’n just using a geo IP lookup by peoples IP for the first “very rough” location, but I hadn’t considered that even a 7 mile radius can not be very anonymous in rural areas! Hmm.. is there a larger radius you feel you’d be comfortable with? Like 50 miles?

Yeah, I believe that I'd be comfortable with 20 - that would encompass half a dozen small towns instead of just one, and at that range I know half a dozen tech folks in the area, so it feels less targeted.

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#5

Post by zhoujianfu » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

codingdave wrote: post #4

zhoujianfu wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, thanks for the feedback… I’n just using a geo IP lookup by peoples IP for the first “very rough” location, but I hadn’t considered that even a 7 mile radius can not be very anonymous in rural areas! Hmm.. is there a larger radius you feel you’d be comfortable with? Like 50 miles?

Yeah, I believe that I'd be comfortable with 20 - that would encompass half a dozen small towns instead of just one, and at that range I know half a dozen tech folks in the area, so it feels less targeted.

Thanks, 20 miles it is! (Or will be when I get back to my computer… or actually I guess I can have Claude change it now)!

Re: Show HN: I'm Sad

#6

Post by JohnFen » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:19 PM UTC

codingdave wrote: post #2

I live in a rural area, so was surprised to see that there was already a marker where I live. And even more surprised to see that it indicated it was me. Am I interpreting that correctly that there is no opt-in to having our location mapped when we hit the page? Just loading it publishes our location? Because if so, this is sketchy. Even anonymized, and even if my location is off by 7 miles from where I really am sit…

> Am I interpreting that correctly that there is no opt-in to having our location mapped when we hit the page? Just loading it publishes our location?

Ouch! Thanks for the warning.

Re: Show HN: I'm Sad

#7

Post by zhoujianfu » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:28 PM UTC

zhoujianfu wrote: post #5

codingdave wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I believe that I'd be comfortable with 20 - that would encompass half a dozen small towns instead of just one, and at that range I know half a dozen tech folks in the area, so it feels less targeted.

Thanks, 20 miles it is! (Or will be when I get back to my computer… or actually I guess I can have Claude change it now)!

Okay, it should be a bigger random range now.. try reloading the page if you’d like!

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#8

Post by codingdave » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

zhoujianfu wrote: post #7

zhoujianfu wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, 20 miles it is! (Or will be when I get back to my computer… or actually I guess I can have Claude change it now)!

Okay, it should be a bigger random range now.. try reloading the page if you’d like!

I'm hesitant to reload it - is it going to log another hit from within my range? Or does it somehow ID me to know that I'm already on the site?

Re: Show HN: I'm Sad

#9

Post by zhoujianfu » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:21 PM UTC

codingdave wrote: post #8

zhoujianfu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, it should be a bigger random range now.. try reloading the page if you’d like!

I'm hesitant to reload it - is it going to log another hit from within my range? Or does it somehow ID me to know that I'm already on the site?

Your unique id is your “device id” so if you visit from the same browser (not incognito mode though) you’ll be the same user.