Show HN: Local real-time chat in dynamic areas, worldwide to your neighborhood
Hey guys. I&#x27;ve been working on this as a side project on and off this year, and decided to finally polish it into a real product and share it publicly. It originally started as a way to explore Elixir &amp; Phoenix. Would really appreciate any feedback!<p>I&#x27;m planning to write a blog post in the next few days about the development as my first foray into Elixir.<p>The idea for the app in general came from the fact that I&#x27;m working remotely from all over the place, doing the &quot;digital nomad&quot; thing, and thought something like this could be fun. But an app like this needs a critical mass to actually get off the ground and succeed, hence the dynamic growing and shrinking areas based on activity. The idea being it greatly increases the chance when you open up the app, you&#x27;re there with someone else.<p>Anyway, I&#x27;m launching this from a cafe in Shibuya, wracked with nerves, but glad to have finished it. :)<p>Edit: I&#x27;ve also open-sourced the Swift Phoenix WebSockets client I wrote to build this here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;sjrmanning&#x2F;Birdsong" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;sjrmanning&#x2F;Birdsong</a>