timmaah

3 lata temudiscuss

My wife documented all our adventures for the last decade. Sadly we sold the Airstream last week.

https://www.watsonswander.com/

timmaah

3 lata temudiscuss

I've created and ran Wandering Labs since 2015, https://wanderinglabs.com

Used to be friends with Nina back in the day and recently sold our full-timing Airstream. https://www.wheelingit.us/2013/04/26/campsite-lottery-red-ro...

timmaah

4 lata temudiscuss

Small world indeed.

> then we stored a moving average of time between each pair of stops and that was about it.

Modest. It got a little more sophisticated once we brought code inhouse.

timmaah

4 lata temudiscuss

Mildly better is being kind to Reserve California. Florida saw what CA did and decided to follow in their footsteps, and now this new setup is the standard consolidated solution?!?

timmaah

4 lata temudiscuss

No. Just no.

Public lands and access to public lands can't be a playground for the rich and entitled.

timmaah

4 lata temudiscuss

> From a selfish standpoint, this type of system discourages spontaneous trips. When I did my road trip three years ago, I already noticed the trend of mandating an RSVP for any activity. I am not against any RSVPs as I understand the concept of resource protection, but with a greed-based system with profit and not sustainability as its goal, there are fewer incentives to set aside spots for walk-ups.

The increased demand makes `walk-ups` a logistical headache for workers (volunteers) on the ground. If there are X amount of campsites available as first-come-first-served, the campground host then has to spend time turning away people all day when those spots get filled by 9am.

I'm not certain what the solution is for bringing the type of spontaneity back that many people crave, but the reservation system is in place for a reason. Crazy demand for nature.

timmaah

4 lata temudiscuss

How do I get more than a paragraph?

timmaah

5 lat temudiscuss

Previously from 26 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29667095

That said, this seems to be the extent of my marketing desire.

I screen scrape campground registration websites and alert you when someone cancels on a date you want to go camping. Fabulously successful. Now back to my day-job.

https://wanderinglabs.com

timmaah

5 lat temudiscuss

Word has gotten around in RV'ing circles that the service is insanely useful. And I'm not much of a marketer.

timmaah

5 lat temudiscuss

My side project of screen scraping campground websites and alerting people of availabilities has taken off to the point of making more a month than the day job.

https://wanderinglabs.com/

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

I've been doing it for years now.

https://reserve.wanderinglabs.com/

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

> I'm quite scared of this in America

Don't be. I've done it for 7 years and counting. Have met awesome people and never hassled or bad interactions.

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

I don't think trashing of beautiful places is any worse now than previous generations.

I've seen tons of old broken glass and aging trash in the desert. A good amount of southern California has been paved over. Most of the northeast US is private land and the spaces in between given over to vehicles.

Yeah this new wave of disrespect isn't great, but it is nothing new and I don't think the focus should be shaming the instagram selfie crowd. General respect and teaching is still the way to go.

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

  Location: United States
  Remote: Yes (8 years experience)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Ruby on Rails, React, Nodejs, AWS, Docker, Git.. etc
  Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiwatson/
  Email: [email protected]

I'm a 20 year full stack open source web developer looking for my next challenge. In the past I have created a niche social network for a political action committee, joined a small startup and rewrote their public transit tracking and prediction app, then worked with another startup to help small car dealerships find their web presence and streamline their backend operations.

I am looking for fast paced small companies or startups. Ruby on Rails/Node.js/React. 8 years remote experience.

A side project of mine: https://reserve.wanderinglabs.com/ https://github.com/tiwatson/reserve.wanderinglabs

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

> Smugglers' Notch

They have had a huge problem with tractor trailer drivers following their gps through there and getting stuck. There are now 3-4 electronic signs on each side warning truckers.

https://www.google.com/search?q=smugglers+notch+truck+stuck

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

` Location: US Based Remote: Yes. 8 years remote experience Willing to relocate: Open to opportunities in the North East. Technologies: Ruby on Rails / Node.js / React / etc.. Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiwatson/ Email: [email protected] `

With over 20 years of full stack web development experience under my belt I am now looking for new interesting opportunities. I have senior level production experience with Ruby on Rails, React and Node.js.

Check out my side project for an example of what I can do:

https://github.com/tiwatson/reserve.wanderinglabs

https://reserve.wanderinglabs.com

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

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timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

Location: US Based

Remote: Yes. 7 years experience

Willing to relocate: Open to opportunities

Technologies: Ruby on Rails / Node.js / React / etc..

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiwatson/

Email: [email protected]

20 years of web development experience and looking for my next adventure.

Check out my side project for an example of what I can do:

https://github.com/tiwatson/reserve.wanderinglabs

https://reserve.wanderinglabs.com

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

> Their are no construction standards for trailers/rv's. Their are built as cheaply as possible.

https://www.rvia.org/standards-regulations

If you look you can find RV's that are built to last. The vast majority are built as cheaply as possible though.

timmaah

7 lat temudiscuss

I've been a nomad in the US for 6+ years. What has kept me on the road has been the friends I've met and community we've created.

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