sitinshade.com
Consumer and social
travel planning
SHOW HN2024
963points
210comments
#8of 3,515 in 2024
Top 1%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
45 positive, 52 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 21 critical, out of 122 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 31 for, 6 againstExecution: 7 for, 9 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful, clever idea
From 3 comments
This is so interesting and the fact that it works anywhere in the world is awesome buddy! And kudos for finishing your side project
siddheshgunjal on HNThanks!! I always try to imagine in my head where the sun will be before I book a ticket ;) Now this is more accurate!
danilor on HNLove that this is a web page and not another app taking up space on my phone.
dfgdfg34545456 on HN
Objections
Routes follow roads or highways, not actual bus routes
From 3 comments
Really nice idea and it works to an extent, but it doesn’t seem to use the bus routes — just sent me the quickest route via the motorway. Not sure how much of a ball ache that…
makingstuffs on HNThe idea is nice, the problem is that the route the app uses (it uses for example a highway) isn't the one the bus would use.
ReleaseCandidat on HNThis is very cool, congrats OP! I wish it would let me select some other cities the bus passes through, since as another commenter said it just uses the quickest way by car -…
fdgjgbdfhgb on HN
Seat side results are wrong for some trips
From 3 comments
Found a bug on the first search I ran, where the right side is preferred, despite having more sun (10.55%) vs. the left side (6.64%). Not sure how. All other searches gave more…
dhritzkiv on HNIt's not working for me :( I'm trying a trip from the north of France (Paris) to the south (Lyon) in the morning while the sun rises. So the sun is mainly on the East (so left of…
j_leboulanger on HNThis is the kind of tool I like. Not sure what kind of edge case I've hit though. Trip from Perth to Exmouth in Western Australia, leaving 1:13pm UTC+1000, ends up suggesting the…
linuxalien on HN
Requests
Add flight seat support
From 1 comment
I have a beta version for flight at https://dev.sitinshade.com/flight Search based on the destination and departure airport. Please note that it is still in beta, so there may be…
Amithv on HN
Support for trains and ferries
From 3 comments
This would work for trains as well right? Overground trains i mean
chocoboaus2 on HNThis is a great idea! I see others have mentioned ferries, however when I put my route in (Bainbridge Island to Seattle, WA) it chose roads not the ferry. Any way to force it to…
squidbot on HNI tested with London to Paris — if it's easy with your routing system, you should add the Channel Tunnel as a fake road. I'm not sure why it chose a ferry so far off the shortest…
Symbiote on HN
Use 24-hour time format
From 1 comment
Works. Beautiful. Also works internationally. Good job! It would be splendid if you used 24 hour format per default instead of AM/PM or at least let me choose. You correctly…
moontear on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Is it open source?
lsferreira42 on HN
How are sun positions calculated?
From 1 comment
Great idea. I'm wondering how dis you computed the sun postion in every area of the eath ?
moctarhaiz on HN
Alternatives named
Seatsinthesun for terraces
From 1 comment
You should team up with the people who wrote zonopjebakkes/seatsinthesun, which is used for finding bars and cafes that have terraces that are still in the sun, mostly useful in…
eythian on HN
Shademap
From 1 comment
Nice! This would be cool to integrate with "shademap", to visualize the shade/sun during the journey. [1]…
gitgud on HN