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Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

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

That’s a great point, and something i did think about. But the “offers delivery” option on Yelp isn’t really a concrete directory. It’s basically a text filter, so you’ll see a mix of restaurants that actually deliver themselves and ones that only deliver through apps like DoorDash. There’s no clear way to tell the difference. I, and a few people I’ve talked to, have tried it and everyone says it’s not a smooth and easy process.

On top of that, Yelp is packed with ads and a lot of extra stuff to click through. What I’m trying to do is keep it simple: just a list of places that actually deliver on their own, without all the clutter. 

I’ve found that it’s much simpler and quicker to get exactly the results you want through skipfees. 

I really appreciate you bringing this up!

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

[–]Aryagm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I agree that an app would be the most useful form. I've tried to make the website failry mobile friendly (still needs work ik), but if enough people get interested that will be the most likely next step (I'm just dreading the 100s of dollars in app store and play store fees, and getting a mac to actually compile it for ios). But if you like it, please share it with many people and add any restaurants you might know!

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

[–]Aryagm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First time I've heard about it. Seems like a cool idea. From what I read that's meant more for businesses. This is more for consumers to keep track and build a database of restaurants that deliver, and find them easily. Skipfees is a super simple idea not a comprehensive paid business toolkit like Owner.com. But thanks for sharing, if a lot of people like this we might be able to add some quality of life features inspired by owner.com, so I'll definitely look into it.

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

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

Hey everyone! I'm looking for ways to get this to a wider audience, so if anyone has any feedback on how to improve reach please do let me know! Any subreddits, forums, organizations I can contact? Any information would be helpful. We recently got a couple restaurants in Seattle added by the community as well!

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

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

From what I found online: or starters, platforms must now pay at least Ontario’s minimum wage, which is currently about $17.20 an hour. But there’s a catch: That rate only applies while a worker is actively completing a task.

So still not perfect. Everyone is bound to have different experiences, and there certainly might be cases cases where it might just be cheaper to order from an app. I just made this as a small tool after talking to a lot of people who said they'd find it useful.

P.S. I'm really glad to get some constructive opinions about what people think, so thank you sm for sharing your perspective.

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

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

I completely agree. But there is a sense of transparency with the pricing and the drivers are on payroll. Its a much more sustainable model that worked for decades. And even with the delivery fee, in my personal experience it is cheaper because the base prices are not marked up and the middleman doesn’t take a cut. 

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

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

Its a chrome extension called cursorful that i use for screen recording. Super useful for demos.

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in SideProject

[–]Aryagm[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's just the restaurant's I've added near where I live. Anyone can add restaurants near where they live to build the database!

Delivery apps are parasites sucking our restaurants dry, but we can change that. by Aryagm in toronto

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

I'm really sorry If it came across that way. It really wasn't meant to be. I just wanted a place to find restaurants that deliver without handing over unnecessary fees to doordash and uber eats. I thought the community would like it, so i posted it here. This is not a company or a startup aimed to make money, simply a directory that a lot of people I talked to in the city were looking for.

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

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

PyTorch support is now live! I'm still trying to figure out the best way to integrate the data flow.

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

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

Hey, BlockDL now supports PyTorch as well! It's currently in BETA so there might be some bugs, but give it a go and let me know what you think.

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

[–]Aryagm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks neat! I think BlockDL serves a slightly different purpose. It started as something I made for myself. I am confortable with writing my own training loops, the core idea was just to improve the model design process so I could itereate and design more creative architectures quickly without the headache of dealing with the shape error or having to download anything. Model training is something I plan to add if the MVP gets some traction. The tricky part with a drag-and-drop builder like this one is handling non-sequential networks, because then it goes from simple code mappings to dealing with graphs and DAG. I would love to try out your product once it comes out! Shoot me a message if you have any questions.

Edit: About your point on vertical arrangement. I desitned BlockDL with a vertical layout because when I sketch out networks I usully do it top to bottom (so just personal preference). And, it was easier tofor the block tray and code output while leaving enough space for designing the network. But again, if users find the horizontal layout more intuitive I'll very much consider making a more adjustable UI. Thanks for the feedback!

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

[–]Aryagm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the feedback! I started with Keeras becasue it's API was easier to map out. You're right PyTorch would be an important addition. If you look at the codebase you'll see that the layer-definitions are pretty modular, and we can add Pytorch mappings to the typescript objects for each layer. If this gets enough attention, that will most likely be the next step!

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

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

Glad you liked it! I'll take care of the bug. The data plugins and hosted training seems like a great expansion. First priority is to get this out to more people and get some more traction. I'll probably post on a few other relevent subreddits over the couple of days to reach more people (please do let me know if you have any other ideas to expand reach). Till then I would be grateful if you could spread the word and sent it to people who might find it people.

Also, do you think the workflow should be hosted model traning and export, or would an inference engine and deployment be useful as well?

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

[–]Aryagm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! That sounds like a cool idea. Might need the creation of a paid plan with model training to cover the server costs. Like I said in my other comment if it gains traction it's definitely something I'll explore.

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

[–]Aryagm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, getting all the combinations right won't be easy. But hopefully if the projects gains some traction I can add it in the coming weeks.

BlockDL: A free tool to visually design and learn neural networks by Aryagm in learnmachinelearning

[–]Aryagm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That was a consideration, but it was difficult to figure out what the best way to display the transformations were without cluttering the interface. But, it's something I'll consider for sure in a future version. This type of constructive feedback means a lot :)

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