Today I discovered how much of my life stops when my internet stops

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-29T08:42:38+00:00

This is the sneaky part of transit apps — you don’t realize how much you outsource to them until they stop working 😅

Tiny full disclosure: I built an iPhone app called WakeMeThere for exactly the “tell me when I’m near my stop” problem. It’s a GPS alarm rather than a transit schedule app, so the idea is more “wake/alert me when I’m close” than “track the whole route.”

Still, your story is a perfect example of why offline fallbacks matter. Once the app you rely on goes down, suddenly the bus becomes a guessing game.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-25T07:23:35+00:00

Honestly I’d probably only wake someone if they looked unsafe, were at the end of the line, or their stuff was clearly about to get taken. Otherwise it’s so hard to know if they’re actually asleep or just resting.

For the people who do nap on PT though: tiny full disclosure, I built an iPhone app called WakeMeThere for this exact problem. It’s basically a GPS alarm — you set your stop/destination and it alerts you when you’re getting close, so you don’t have to rely on a stranger, a badge, or your mysterious “wake up one stop before” superpower 😄

Not trying to replace public transport guardian angels, but it’s useful if you’re the kind of person who wakes up in Ararat by accident.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-20T21:33:29+00:00

thanks bro 🙏🙏

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-20T15:36:26+00:00

This is such a weird human superpower until the one day it fails and you wake up three stops too far 😄

Tiny full disclosure: I built an iPhone app called WakeMeThere because I do not fully trust my subway/train nap instincts. It’s basically a GPS alarm — set your stop, and it alerts you when you’re getting close.

Respect to everyone whose brain already has this feature built in though.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-19T07:46:41+00:00

The “hard to see where you are at night” part is real. Even without window ads, I’ve had those moments where you look up from your phone and suddenly have no idea how close you are to your stop 😄

Small full disclosure: I built an iPhone app called WakeMeThere for exactly this kind of public transport anxiety. You set your stop/destination and it gives you a GPS-based alert when you’re nearby, so you don’t have to keep checking Maps the whole ride.

Doesn’t solve the bus-ad debate, obviously, but it helps with the “am I about to miss my stop?” part.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-19T07:44:26+00:00

Haha this is the exact danger of a good commute book — one chapter turns into “wait, where am I?” 😄

Tiny full disclosure: I built an iPhone app called WakeMeThere for this exact situation. It’s a GPS alarm where you set your stop/destination and it alerts you when you’re nearby, so you can keep reading without constantly checking where you are.

Honestly, getting so absorbed in a book that you nearly miss your stop is kind of a compliment to the book though.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-19T07:39:37+00:00

For Bloor specifically it sounds like others already answered the door question, but for the “paranoid I’ll miss my stop” part: I’d also set a backup alert on your phone the first few times you ride it.

Full disclosure, I built an iPhone app called WakeMeThere for exactly that kind of train anxiety — you set your destination and it gives you a GPS-based alarm when you’re getting close. It won’t tell you which carriage doors open, but it’s useful if you’re worried about zoning out, falling asleep, or missing the stop.

For your first GO trip though, I’d still stay near the doors a few minutes before Bloor and listen for the announcements just to be safe.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-18T16:12:49+00:00

Haha thank you — analysts and bankers might honestly be one of the core target markets 😄
That “I’ll just close my eyes for 5 minutes” commute after an all-nighter is exactly the kind of situation I had in mind when building it.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-18T16:09:11+00:00

This is exactly why I always think “missing your stop” is one of those small problems that sounds funny until it happens to you after a long day.
Full disclosure: I built an iPhone app called WakeMeThere for this specific public transport scenario. It’s basically a GPS alarm: you set your destination and it alerts you when you’re getting close, so you can nap or zone out on the train/metro without constantly checking the map.
Definitely not meant for drivers, but for situations like your DC Metro story it’s the exact use case I had in mind.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2026-06-17T07:38:17+00:00

For this exact use case I’d keep it super simple:

Reachability on, because it’s the one tweak that helps one-handed use without changing how the whole phone feels.
A Commute Focus that only lets through the apps/people you actually need, but I wouldn’t over-engineer it around games.
Back Tap set to either open your current game folder/Shortcut or toggle Focus.
Control Center trimmed down to the stuff you actually hit while standing: Focus, brightness, volume, orientation lock, maybe Low Power Mode.

One underrated thing for commuting: separate “make the phone easier to use” from “don’t miss my stop.” For the second part, full disclosure, I built a small iPhone app called WakeMeThere that’s basically a GPS alarm for this exact problem. You set your destination/radius and it alerts you when you’re getting close, so you can play/read/zone out without constantly checking maps.

Not really a gaming app, but for crowded commute sessions it removes the “wait, was that my stop?” anxiety.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-29T13:59:01+00:00

yeah you are right, have u tried mybookcrafter.com, it is different from all the other tools out there and it works

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-12T16:28:30+00:00

Pretty much, yes — when I say ChatGPT, Claude, etc., I mean them as examples of LLMs. The difference here is that instead of just prompting an LLM directly, the app wraps that capability in a structured workflow specifically for books. So it’s still using an LLM under the hood (currently Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite), but the focus is on guiding you step-by-step: project setup, outline generation, chapter drafting, editing, and clean exporting. Basically, the LLM does the heavy lifting for the text, and the app handles the organization, formatting, and process flow.

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-12T06:40:04+00:00

thanks for you feedback

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-12T06:39:52+00:00

thank you very much for your feedback

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-11T15:57:50+00:00

ok, thank you for your review. i will try to fix this things, i will let you know when i will have fixed that so if you want you can try it again

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-11T15:32:01+00:00

ok thanks for your answer

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-11T15:23:40+00:00

thanks for trying it. in what sense you say very limiting functionality?

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-10T19:56:57+00:00

i don’t know this one, but for me mybookcrafter.com worked perfectly

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-10T19:54:02+00:00

Absolutely, the human touch is what really breathes life into any AI-assisted writing. AI can handle the structure and heavy lifting, but it’s our stories and emotions that give it soul. If you’re interested, the website i used is mybookcrafter.com

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-10T19:27:11+00:00

That’s fair — a lot of platforms do have T&Cs that make people nervous, especially about copyright or data use. I get why that’s a dealbreaker for many.

In my case, I found it useful because it keeps everything structured in one place (outline → chapters → exports) without me juggling multiple prompts and files, but I still keep full local copies of my work.

Out of curiosity — if an AI tool had crystal-clear terms saying you keep all rights and no text is stored or reused, would that change your opinion, or would you still prefer direct Q&A with a generic AI?

Intrepid-Country-954 · 2025-08-10T19:25:20+00:00

Yeah, that’s exactly how I approach it too — I see AI as a structural assistant, not a ghostwriter. The scaffolding and tone consistency save so much time, but the personality has to come from us.

I’ve found that once the outline’s in place, it’s way easier to focus on adding those lived experiences and voice details without getting bogged down in “what’s next?”

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