Workmode

Find the best places to work from near you

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Find the best places to work from near you

7 followers

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Remote workforce tools

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Maps and GPS

Workmode is a (progessive) web application. The goal of this app is to help the user find the best place to work from, depending on the location or search query of the user.

Launch tags:Web App•Global Nomad•Tech

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Vokal

Maker

What's up Producthunt? 👽 This is my first launch on Producthunt, let me give some more information about my product: ⚡️ What is it? Workmode is a (progressive) web application. The goal of this app is to help the user find the best place to work from, depending on the location or search query of the user. 🤔The problem I made this app while traveling and working in Southeast Asia. During my travels, there were moments of frustrations looking for a good place to work with a solid download speed. When I finally found a cool cafe and bought my latte, the first thing I would do is test the internet speed. There's nothing worse than sitting in a cool coffee shop with your MacBook open, ready for work to find out the download speed is 80 Kbps. Finding a good workplace with a solid download and upload speed in some areas of the world can be tough. Out of this frustration I created Workmode. The initial idea of Workmode is to crowdsource the download speed of workplaces from all over the world, one speed test at a time. In addition to the internet speed, a questionnaire is also shown in order to review the workability of a workplace. The speedtest and questionnaire results are saved and shown to users when they are close by or do a search for the region where the workplace is located. ⚙️ How does it work? When the user opens the application, the system checks if the geolocation is accurate and if any workplaces are nearby. If this is the case, the system will show the workplaces that are available for testing. When no places can be found or when the accuracy is below par, a general speedtest will be executed without the data being saved to the server. General information about the listed workplaces is sourced from Google and Foursquare. This information is merged with the crowdsourced data that is submitted by the users of Workmode. Tech stack: NGINX, Node Express, JS and HTML. 🎉 Any comments, tips, and suggestions are MORE than welcome! Thanks a lot, guys.

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7yr ago

NomadWallet

@frizurd tested the site from the coffeeshop I am in, worked like a charm.🎉

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7yr ago

Music Pro

A lot of coffee shops around me. Should I apply one?

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7yr ago

Vokal

Maker

@truonglong88 Where you at? :) I built this app while traveling in Vietnam so I already mapped a lot of good places in HCMC, Hanoi, Da Nang and Hoi An

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7yr ago

Music Pro

@frizurd HCMC, see the picture attached: https://imgur.com/a/HakR4Nv

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7yr ago

Vokal

Maker

@truonglong88 I stayed in the central part of HCMC: https://workmode.co/workplaces/h...

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7yr ago

Music Pro

@frizurd I got your idea now. It is really good for freelancers who live in coffeeshop whole day.

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7yr ago

Santa's Ideas

No place have been found near me 😞(I'm currently in the center of Paris) and the search input doesn't seem to work ?

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7yr ago

Vokal

Maker

@victor_baudot That's not good at all 💀Did you test it on a desktop or mobile and what browser did you use?

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7yr ago

Santa's Ideas

@frizurd oh I just re-tested it and now it works well! Don't know what was wrong before

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7yr ago

NomadWallet

Hy Frizurd. This is really cool. As a nomad, I struggled to find a cafe to work, and it can help me!! 🤒 For the next version, is it possible to add "Table" info? I prefer to work on a big table or enough space table to put my laptop but many cafes offer only a small table which is not enough to work. 🙂

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7yr ago

Vokal

Maker

@minhoko I totally agree man, great idea. I will add your recommendation to the questionnaire for a workplace asap, thanks! 🙏😀

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7yr ago

Yeah, I searched and I got bunch of Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Lavaza shops. Why not I just ask Siri, Show me coffee shops near me?

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7yr ago

Vokal

Maker

@tahatayyab Hey Taha, the data is sourced from multiple sources instead of one. With Workmode I also hope to offer more information about workplaces such as DL/UL speed and the rating of the coffee, power plugs, quietness etc. Here's an example of a city that already has quiet some data: https://workmode.co/workplaces/c... Let me know what you think :), thanks!

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7yr ago

Not really a great alternative to Workfrom, sorry

Pros:

Doesn't have a lot of places, no community, times are inaccurate, not a lot of pictures, web only.

Cons:

This is just a straight up copied version of Workfrom.com - just without the community and functionality

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7yr ago

Vokal

Maker

Hey @narwhalguide , first of all, thanks for your review. The workplace data on Workmode is sourced from Google and Foursquare by using their API's. The information on Workfrom is submitted by the users, Workmode aggregates information of other websites that already have a lot of information available. Testing the speed of a workplace is central in my web app. The system recognizes when a user is located in a workplace and submits this data to the server so other users can easily check the speed results of workplaces nearby.

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7yr ago