Separate lists for Countries and (US) Cities, or one big list?

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Separate lists for Countries and (US) Cities, or one big list? #1

Open Andrea-decisions opened 3 years ago

Andrea-decisions commented 3 years ago

Should we make two different lists, build one big list, or do one first and then add the other?

Pro separate lists:

city, state, and country feel like they have different sets of attributes (or a small overlap) that matter in a decision
there is a lot of data available for US cities, so they are a good test case for user needs and features
People picking a new country and those US residents picking a new city feel like they have different use cases

Pro combined list:

It's really one use case
combining 2 built data structures after the fact is a pain, esp if unique features have been built
is there a large enough user base just for the US cities?

tropicalchancer commented 3 years ago

@Andrea-decisions adding in your spreadsheet from The Location stack task comments here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RMyvFJi3UV9kngOaipZjXABA7IEz7z0760dqAz-ThVs/edit?usp=sharing

tropicalchancer commented 3 years ago

I'm pro separate lists. As you said, the US has so much data and the different use-cases.

These should likely be different repos. I'll likely create a different repo for the countries list.

Would it be too earlier to think about core user personas @Andrea-decisions?

Andrea-decisions commented 3 years ago

Maybe the right thing is to start with just lists and collections as separate things, then pause and look at the data we have and it's structure. Whoever is deciding about data base architecture can make the call about one system or separate.

Andrea-decisions commented 3 years ago

Would it be too earlier to think about core user personas @Andrea-decisions?

Never! Happy to start that. To be a good researcher, I don't want to start sketching the personas from my own bias. I'd like to put a call out for personal stories to the discord (and ask for people to send it around to friends). I'll build a google form for that on Sunday.

Andrea-decisions commented 3 years ago

Here's my draft of the research form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Vw7RF3iqdRg6HmDlNS8mCstm1-HJlETBKYOrpXIuBac/edit?usp=sharing @tropicalchancer Can you tell me if that link works just to see the form (probably not edit), and if you have any feedback? Also, I think I need guidance on using github - like what's the right place to put WIP resources like this, or if we should be using Projects to make our tasks visible.