Show HN: Create a Minimalist Travel Diary

by yunusabd • 5 years ago

29 18 5 years ago

dnilasor• 5 years ago

Nice simple layout and interface. Can this content be exported in a simple format or would it perpetually live on TravelDays?

yunusabd8• 5 years ago

Thanks! I think an export function would be nice, did you have a particular format in mind? Is it more about exporting the layout or having access to the raw data?

donclark• 5 years ago

Raw data could be a good option. A PDF, PPT, or screensaver option would be cool too!

Is this a free service, taking donations or do you plan on charging at some point?

johnmato• 5 years ago

That's a great website, but it can be better. I can't seem to understand the function of the website until I click the underlined words below. Great app, but you need to improve its user experience.

yunusabd8• 5 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it! It's definitely challenging to strike the right balance between simplicity and discoverability. I was going for a "show, don't tell" approach, I guess more explanations on the main page would have made your experience better?

ngokevin• 5 years ago

The main page doesn't show nor tell at the moment. I think any examples could be moved to front and center.

nalanda• 5 years ago

Enjoyed browsing through this application; I didn't realize how much I wanted to annotate pictures or picture series until I saw your example. Great stuff and I wish this was a feature in Google Photos :)

yunusabd8• 5 years ago

Right?! My first travel blog was with Wordpress, where I always felt like I had to write a whole article in order to post. Which almost never happened. Then I moved to Facebook, which was OK at first, but then... you know the story. Also, bit rot is real on FB. Then IG, which really doesn't lend itself to posting self-contained albums.

So I really like the idea of having something clean and simple, where you can just upload photos and provide some additional context, and have it look nice.

jsilence• 5 years ago

Does it fediverse? That would be awesome.

yunusabd8• 5 years ago

I'm still wrapping my head around the whole Mastodon and Fediverse space, but generally I'm not disinclined. I think it would be mainly a technical challenge. Some googling actually brought me back to HN, to someone in a similar situation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17804081

shanecleveland• 5 years ago

Nice idea. Do you get the location data from the image? Offering a map view showing all of the pins/path in one view would be nice.

I'm doing something similar (low-touch blog/diary tool) with https://textpost.me. One limitation with operating over text only is lack of data that comes through, including user's local time and location. I'd like figure out an easy way to allow for that, which would make it more functional as a travel diary.

etewiah• 5 years ago

Very nice!!!

Care to share a bit about the tech stack?

yunusabd8• 5 years ago

Sure, anything in particular? The frontend uses Nuxt.js, which is great because it brings SSR and PWA support out of the box. It also helps you organize your code a little better. For the backend it's Node and MongoDB and for deployment I use docker compose.

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