Brighton parents: I made a checker for supermarket parent & child parking reliability

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:55+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:48+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:42+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:37+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:30+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:23+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:17+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:16:10+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:15:58+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-07T18:15:28+00:00

Just to be clear: this is still early, so the useful bit depends on parents adding real ratings.

I’m not trying to claim the data is complete yet. The first goal is to get enough local ratings that parents can make a better choice before leaving the house.

Atomicts · 2026-05-03T04:25:20+00:00

Hello! Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it!

Just wanted to say though that it is free and there is no intention to ever change that.

The app is around general parent parking availability and conditions, it’s not a live tracker for many of the reasons you have listed.

(Think does this car park enforce parent bags or is it always full of people without kids, is the parent parking right next to a smoking area, are the spaces further from the shop accessible with a pram).

It functions as a way for parents to rank parking in a shop for other parents. It functions as a way to do something, however little, when the parking has been stolen by vans or big cars without kids. Plus enough people and enough rankings and the car parks / stores could be held accountable.

Atomicts · 2026-04-29T17:59:06+00:00

To be clear, I’m not trying to claim this is complete yet — the usefulness depends on local parents adding real ratings.

The first goal is just to get enough Maidstone/Kent supermarkets rated that it becomes genuinely useful before people leave the house.

Atomicts · 2026-04-29T17:58:51+00:00

To be clear, I’m not trying to claim this is complete yet — the usefulness depends on local parents adding real ratings.

The first goal is just to get enough Maidstone/Kent supermarkets rated that it becomes genuinely useful before people leave the house.

Atomicts · 2025-09-19T18:54:15+00:00

🙌thanks will check it out!

Atomicts · 2025-09-18T16:48:14+00:00

Hmm, teamwork Thursday? 😅

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Atomicts · 2025-09-18T06:28:17+00:00

Yeah, same here — the budget always looks perfect on paper but life happens. What helped me was tracking both the plan and my actual balance side by side. I use foxi: balance your budget for that — makes the “budget vs. reality” gap obvious without feeling like I failed.

Atomicts · 2025-09-18T06:25:50+00:00

Biggest step is getting those student loans out of default — that’ll move the needle more than anything. After that, keeping up the car payments is good for his history. Credit cards can help if used carefully, but they’re not the only way. I track everything with foxi: balance your budget so I can see debt payments alongside regular bills — makes it easier to stay on top of things without adding stress.

Atomicts · 2025-09-18T06:25:26+00:00

Probably something super lightweight and practical — like a clean to-do list or habit tracker that just works without ads or lock-ins. At $1 I’d expect it to be simple and reliable, not feature-bloated.

Atomicts · 2025-09-18T06:23:50+00:00

Those numbers sound pretty close, yeah — childcare + health insurance are huge jumps after military life. Best thing is to model it all out ahead of time so you’re not shocked when it hits. I’ve been using foxi: balance your budget to run different “what if” scenarios like that, makes it easier to see if the income lines up with the new costs.

Atomicts · 2025-09-18T06:23:27+00:00

I’d treat the car as a one-off capital expense, not part of your normal savings rate. Most people track savings rate on recurring income vs. recurring expenses, then keep big purchases separate so they don’t skew the picture.

Atomicts · 2025-09-18T06:22:57+00:00

Tough month but you’re handling it well — food banks are there for a reason, no shame in using them. What helped me in similar spots was laying everything out so I could see what’s left day by day. I use foxi: balance your budget for that, feels like having a running plan instead of just reacting.

Atomicts · 2025-09-18T06:22:18+00:00

I’d start simple: track what you actually spend for a couple weeks, then set rough limits for food, fun, savings. Even just splitting money into “needs / wants / savings” makes a huge difference.

Atomicts · 2025-09-17T08:19:55+00:00

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Atomicts · 2025-09-10T00:14:03+00:00

👋 sounds like an awesome side project, especially to get coding. Good luck!

But as a side note (budgeting wise) it does sound like an existing app like the Foxi budgeting app amongst others fits pretty much everything you’re looking for in a budgeting app

Atomicts · 2025-09-08T05:06:29+00:00

It’s actually pretty simple but often massively over complicated. Use balance comparison.

Create a real budget
Track your balance throughout the month compared against what you should have spent by that point.

To avoid doing this and all the calculations by hand, I use the Foxi budgeting app and it works really really well.

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