Show HN: Gridtalk - Leave comments anywhere on Earth (Flask + MapTiler)

7 points by rh3939 a day ago

I've created a Flask app that allows users to add and view comments tied to specific locations on a map. Here is how it works

1. Users can browse a world map and leave comments at any location.

2. Comments become visible when a user's cursor is within 50m of the comment's coordinates

3. Ideal for sharing local insights, tourist tips, restaurant recommendations, etc. It's also ideal for shitposting.

I built this over the course of a few hours as demo to help me learn to how deploy a flask application using digital ocean droplets. I have listed the tech stack below

- SQLite

- Flask

- AlpineJS

- Digital ocean droplet.

- MapTiler

It's missing SSL so I will fix that at some point as I want to figure out how to do that. Bot protection would also be good to figure out as well as a better system for displaying comments. Overall droplets are a nice way to deploy stuff and much cheaper than using Vercel(Nothing new there!)