[krlx]

https://mytinycafe.com/

An PWA primarily for my wife and my daughter. They can order their hot chocolate and their coffee as if they were going to grab something at a fancy café downtown, but instead it's at home and I'm the barista. It is quite nice to have for when my wife comes back from work and want something specific, or when we are waiting for the visit of a few friend, they can order exactly the available beverages and everything is ready when they're here.

It was also a good playground for me to implement Web Push notifications (to never miss new orders).

It's a basic Nuxt 3 app with Appwrite as the backend with rough edges, but much enough for our household use !

If you want to spam my phone with notifications, please visit my café : https://mytinycafe.com/alix

[popalchemist]

LOVE this. Are there any plans to open-source? I'd love to run my own instance.

Also some feedback: the ordering buttons are inexplicably in french despite everything else being in English. Choice of language or defaulting to English would be expected...

Also - multi-select and nullable options. So that I can create options like Taco / Steak / Pasta, and add side options that are relevant only when one of those is selected.

[krlx]

If there's a demand for it to become open-source, why not? But I'll have to improve code quality first. As the presence of french labels indicates it, i18n is not properly implemented for this project.

[krlx]

It's open-source now : https://github.com/Karalix/micro-cafe

have fun :)

[andrewstuart]

Any plans to open source?

PLUS, to sweeten the deal. here’s a bunch of tech support!

[xmarcosx]

Do not worry about cleaning up the code before open sourcing it. Get it on GitHub and I am sure plenty of us would open PRs. I know I would!

[krlx]

It's live on Github now !

https://github.com/Karalix/micro-cafe

[cbartlett]

This is lovely,I thought about doing something similar but as a 'Dads taxi' app similar to Uber where my family can request rides. Partly because I sometimes struggle to remember where I supposed to be and when, but also because it might just be fun

[krlx]

I really love the idea of an ecosystem of Apps Powered by Parents (APPs). Please reach out if you ever plan to implement it!

[mghackerlady]

Also helpful if you have teenagers and want to make it easy for them to not drink and drive

[apetresc]

Bug report: I tried to create a new cafe with a name that contained a space character in it. The form told me the ID was invalid but seems to have created my user account anyway. When I log in now, the CafeID I get is 'undefined'; as in, I am now the proud owner of https://mytinycafe.com/undefined/barista. I'm assuming this is not intended :)

[krlx]

Just had a look at the control code. I must have been drunk because it is totally idiotic. I am surprised it took that long for it to be reported on HN

[yahooguntu]

Hey, that's MY cafe! (same bug happened to me)

[Dachande663]

I love this concept and the execution.

[samschooler]

So cozy. I love this.

One nit: the contrast in dark mode at least on the marketing site is a bit off (But I'd love to fix it myself if it was open source :) )

[alfonsodev]

Awesome! I like when imagination fills the gaps of technology, maybe because I played on old computers like spectrum, we had few pixels and had to imagine the rest.

The ordering could’ve been “solved” with a WhatsApp message, ( or shouting ? :D ) but that would have been so boring!

This much better life UX !

This app is a reminder of being playful and imaginative in life can bring joy, congrats!

[speff]

Very cool concept - thank you for sharing it! I think would be a great solution to the near-daily "what should we eat" problem.

If I could make a (not-important) suggestion, I think being able to re-arrange / categorize menu items would be useful. Something that lets you group together drinks apart from snacks as an example.

[krlx]

The "what should we eat" problem was a big source of tension in our household since the arrival of our first child. Too much time-consuming, too much planning effort. What changed our life (and I really mean it) is the app https://jow.com: it suggests you a list of meals for the week suited to your family and equipment, and it creates a shopping list for your preferred delivery provider. I only have good things to say about it and could go on for hours.

[herrherrmann]

Super cute! Might try it out soon (my partner and I are both working from home most of the time).

[detectivestory]

FYI: The features section of the website doesn't render correctly in dark-mode.

[MagicMoonlight]

You should add food and prices too. Obviously you don’t need to implement an actual payment system because it’s for fun, but if it kept track of the money, your kid could charge you 0.50 per drink or something.

[krlx]

That's a nice idea ! Will definetly add it soon.

And for the food, one can already add anything, it's just a text field. A friend of mine only has alcoholic drinks and snacks on his menu page.

[TZubiri]

This made me ovulate, and I'm not even a woman.

[huevosabio]

Ah this is one of my favorite projects I've seen in a long while. Will open my home cafe.

[cipherops]

This is the ultimate benefit of democratising building of software with AI. Any personal and limited use-case can become software. Then people get software that suits them, not what suits the average user.

[chrishawes]

I never expected to open this and find something that would put a big grin on my face.

Thank you for giving me some joy.

[nidnogg]

Oh man this would kinda help me a lot right now. (As a struggling home owner living w/mom and dog)

[abrookewood]

FYI this is a blank page on Firefox :(

[AareyBaba]

works for me Firefox 145.0.2

[nicbou]

The testimonials section is adorable

[Ulf950]

Lovely idea! One Latte for me :)

[valbaca]

This is awesome. Perfectly solving a problem, showing off tech, and adorable.

[fsckboy]

so it's a point-of-snail sort of system, perfect for taking share in a teeny tiny market, and in the growth-share matrix something of a Cashless Cow?

[ncr100]

I like it. Delightful.

The URL is public e.g. for /nick (me)?

[krlx]

Yes, the url is public :)

[numbers]

this is awesome! my wife and I host coffee for neighbors on saturdays and this would be perfect for that!! thank you

[dgellow]

I love it! Such a cute application :D

[AJRF]

This is adorable. Nice work!

[dylanzhangdev]

It's really super cool!

[astrikos]

This is so delightful!

[porknubbins]

Slightly disappointed to realize there is not some automated drink machine behind this, as that's more my interest, but cool nonetheless and you handmade drinks are probably better.

[derrida]

> Slightly disappointed to realize there is not some automated drink machine behind this

There is and it's called "dad"