I made a jobs-near-you map
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Many of us would prefer to work remote, but if you're like me, the biggest downside with going to the office is the commute. I created an app that calculates average commute times and displays them on a map. (US only for now).I'm hoping this is useful for people :)
HN · launched Oct 23, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: interactive mapping platforms · 191 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- HR & recruiting
- Search & retrieval
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial The map and search UI are easy to vibe-code, but the core value depends on a nationwide dataset of commute times and job listings that a solo builder would have to gather or license.
What it would actually take: The stack would be a web map (MapLibre) on top of a routing engine such as OSRM or a commercial routing API, with precomputed travel-time grids or isochrones per origin. The hard parts are obtaining current job-posting data legally and at scale, and computing averaged drive times across US geographies efficiently. That requires data sourcing and geospatial batch-compute experience.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 171 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #166 of 172 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 355 days after the earliest competitor.
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