Jacob Lurie

Nomad: Remote Work, Together - For everyone who works from everywhere

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Nomad is the social place log journal remote and hybrid workers. Log where you work (cafés, coworking, libraries) in one tap. Tag wifi and noise, add photos, and build a map of your real “offices.” Share a place or visit with a single link - no signup to view. Rank favorites, earn badges, and recommend the best spots to teammates and friends. The app for everyone who works from everywhere.

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Jacob Lurie
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I'll be candid, when I started building Nomad, I didn’t set out to build something to ship to the world. I’m a remote worker and a proud one. I hop between coffee shops, public tables, my apartment, and the occasional coworking space. After a while, I kept thinking: where was that place with comfy seating? or what was the name of that spot I recommended to a friend? I had no system, just a messy mix of the notes app on my phone and my memory. So I built something for myself. A simple app: log where I worked, tag it (wifi, noise, “good for focus”), add a photo. Over time it became a map of my real offices. When a friend asked for a recommendation, I could pull up a place and send a link instead of fumbling through a long message. It stayed a side project. Something I've used every week, tinkered on when I felt like it. No roadmap, no launch, no intention of making it public. It solved my own problem and that was enough. I also didn’t want to build an AI app, not because I have anything against AI, but because not everything needs to be one. Sometimes there are simple solutions to solve simple desires. Then I showed it to a few friends. They started using it. The share links, the badges, the realtime features, the little dopamine hits when you log a visit, the attention to detail in the user experience. They actually liked it. So I kept polishing. Fixed the rough edges. Made it something I wasn’t embarrassed to hand to another person. Today I’m putting it out there. Nomad is still, at heart, the same thing: a place log for people who work from everywhere. If you’re remote or hybrid and you’ve ever lost track of a great spot, or wanted a better way to share one, I truly hope this is for you. If it’s just for you and a few friends, that’s a win in my book. That’s how it started for me. Thanks for reading, and if you try it, I’d love to hear what you’d want it to do next.