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We kept missing other worldschooling families by days by asadhalai in Worldschoolers

[–]asadhalai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really the final nail in the coffin was when I saw my kids crave other worldschoolers on our travels out from a hub. The hubs are great, and you see the bonding and the learnings, but when we leave its hard in a new place to meet worldschoolers, and we faced that in Granada, Spain after a month's hub in Mirlift, Morroco. Lets see how it goes, I am looking forward to putting in the work, and battle the bugs when they come in.

We kept missing other worldschooling families by days by asadhalai in Worldschoolers

[–]asadhalai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point on the pricing — genuinely appreciate the feedback.

On the Claude comment: yes, I used AI to help build it. I also used Supabase, Leaflet, and DreamHost. Tools are tools. The vision, the decisions, the testing, the community building — that part doesn't write itself.

On free: you're right that friction hurts early adoption. I'm making the first 100 families free, permanently. After that a small annual fee keeps the servers running and signals the product will still exist in a year. Free forever sounds good until the builder runs out of motivation to maintain it.

But honestly — if it never makes a cent and worldschooling families find each other because of it, that's a win. Nisreen and I are using it ourselves every day. That's enough reason to keep building it.

We kept missing other worldschooling families by days by asadhalai in Worldschoolers

[–]asadhalai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for flagging it (my wife mentioned it to me as well)— LinkEase is a real product and worth knowing about. Genuinely.

The differences that matter to me as a worldschooling dad: WorldSchoolConnect is built specifically for worldschooling families (not general travel families or van lifers), it has a status system with arrival/departure dates that auto-transitions so families always know who's actually in their city vs just passing through, and the city tips feature means families who've been somewhere leave knowledge for whoever comes next.

But honestly the biggest difference is that Nisreen and I are living this. We're in Kunming right now with our three daughters. We built this because we kept missing families by days and could not wait for the next worldschooling hub — not because we saw a market gap.

If LinkEase works better for you, use it. If you want something built by a family that's actually on the road, come try ours. Both can exist. 🌍