Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop
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Hi HN,I wanted to know which countries you can simply leave your laptop at a Starbucks, and where you can't.Feel free to click and vote.
HN · launched May 9, 2026 · 76 upvotes (top 12%) · 0 views
Niche: random picker tools · 60 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▲ +43% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a simple interactive web application featuring an SVG or Leaflet map connected to a basic database that tallies crowdsourced user votes per country.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Map granularity too coarse - country level doesn't capture regional variation within countries, Red-yellow-green color scheme inaccessible for colorblind users, Question framing confusing - unclear if higher percentage means safer or riskier, Practical usability questionable - people wouldn't intentionally leave laptops unattended, Data accuracy and methodology unclear
Feature requests: City or municipality-level granularity instead of country-level, Colorblind-friendly color scheme, Include other metrics like English spoken, water safety, fuel availability, Coffee shop tier list or individual venue ratings
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 211 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #29 of 212 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 112 days after the earliest competitor.
- Outwork. Cafés to work in, near you. · ph · 2026-10-14 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Brew Finder · ph · 2026-04-27 · 153 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- island · github · 2026-09-29 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Gift Card lovers, this one is for you! · ph · 2026-09-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Open Late · ph · 2026-11-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Extra Cup · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- kofihaus · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- Tikit · ph · 2026-10-31 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
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