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WORN

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What's Open Right Now — a worldwide business & menu directory.

What is WORN?

What's Open Right Now — real menus, real hours, right now.

Open Now, everywhere

Timezone-aware open/closed status for any business, anywhere on Earth.

Real menus

Browse actual menu items organized by category — not just business names and addresses.

Distance-sorted search

Two-column search shows businesses and menu items side-by-side, sorted by distance, filtered by category.

Business dashboard

Owners self-register, manage hours, menus, photos, and track analytics with 30-day sparkline trends.

User accounts

Save favorites, like menus, build personal collections.

Public API

Open read-only REST API for developers to build on top of WORN data.

Photo galleries

Businesses showcase up to 6 photos in a polaroid-style gallery with an interactive lightbox.

Media management

Upload logos and gallery photos from the dashboard — server-side optimization included.

Analytics trends

Sparkline charts show 30-day view, impression, and pin trends at a glance.

Guided onboarding

A setup checklist walks new business owners through completing their listing step by step.

Built in the open

From empty folder to worldwide product — in 6 days.

  1. Mar 5done

    Project inception

    Repo created, architecture designed, stack chosen.

  2. Mar 6done

    MVP ships

    Full DB schema, public homepage, dashboard, search, tiers, Paddle payments, deployed.

  3. Mar 7done

    Depth & polish

    Multi-store, mobile fixes, cookie consent, email integration, 27 unit tests.

  4. Mar 8done

    User accounts + redesign

    Accounts, likes, favorites, security headers, animated homepage redesign.

  5. Mar 11done

    Hardening

    Webhook security, analytics indexes, type safety, error boundaries.

  6. Mar 23done

    Custom domains

    whatsopenrn.com and nulljoy.dev — production domains live.

  7. Mar 31done

    Polish & analytics

    Dashboard onboarding checklist, homepage sort redesign, Vercel Analytics + Speed Insights.

  8. Apr 1done

    Media & legal

    Business logo + photo gallery uploads, server-side image optimization, DMCA page, full legal audit.

  9. Apr 2done

    Search redesign

    Two-column search layout — businesses and menu items side-by-side with category chip filtering.

  10. Apr 6done

    Gallery & insights

    Polaroid-style photo gallery with lightbox, menu category combobox, sparkline trend charts on analytics cards.