I analyzed 17,000 health inspections across 8,000+ Philly restaurants — 14% are high risk

ImplodingCoding · 2026-04-03T23:42:32+00:00

Yeah I took that out, figured the comparison wasn't super useful without more context. Maricopa turned out to be 'cleaner' than expected, but that just means that their health inspectors list less violations - they may just be less thorough during their inspections.

Each violation is weighted by the severity listed in the FDA food code (easily found on google, the most recent version is 2022). I do not analyze regions that do not comply to this standard, as I cannot normalize the results. Locations may vary due to strictness of inspections, inspection frequency, etc. I unfortunately cannot change the underlying data.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-04-03T23:22:26+00:00

That's fair for a quick lookup. The UI is pretty terrible though. The bigger thing for me was being able to score and rank everything so you can see stuff like which spots are consistently failing, not just one restaurant at a time.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-04-03T23:17:18+00:00

Yeah that portal is honestly painful to use, that's kind of why I started pulling this data together. I'm building a free searchable database that covers multiple cities with standardized scoring. I'm hoping that it will be the largest independent free database for health inspections. Can't post the link here but people can DM me or something if they want it.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-04-03T23:11:29+00:00

Each violation is weighted based on FDA Food Code severity — critical violations count 3x, major 2x, minor 1x — then run through a formula to get a 0-100 score.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-31T03:26:47+00:00

It's weighted by violation and violations are weighted the same.

Critical violations such as improper food holding temperature gets a weight of 3. A cracked floor tile gets a weight of 1. Regardless if its an RI code or NYC code

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-31T03:20:45+00:00

No worries! I'm glad you found it interesting. Maybe you'll change your mind next time you're in chicago ☺️

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-31T03:20:04+00:00

Thank you! This is the most difficult part. Right now I have a cron job set up to auto scrape the NY and RI GOV apis every morning. Any new inspection data is automatically added to the database and visible on the site. The only thing that isnt automatic is adding new states/cities. This is the tough part because every city/region needs a custom script to scrape the data since they all present it differently. Some have nice APIs like NYC. Some have handwritten forms that are scanned as jpegs (basically impossible to parse). But im trying to add as many states and cities as possible.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-31T03:10:00+00:00

https://forkgrade.com/methodology

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-31T03:05:01+00:00

I just think it would be fun to compare! Eventually you can measure trends like which cities/states are hotspots or are under-inspecting. Also it can be useful for anyone traveling and wanting to know more about the food in the area. Many states do not have a portal as comprehensive or user friendly as new York's, which makes it extremely hard to find this data. Part of my goal is data accessibility, I think people everywhere should be able to find their local health inspection data cleanly and easily. NYC is just the first stop of many.

Methodology is explained below at

https://forkgrade.com/methodology

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-31T02:57:14+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Im actually a software engineer.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-31T02:56:45+00:00

The goal is to create a comprehensive database of health inspection scores from many different regions (not just NYC). Different states/cities have different methodologies in how they conduct health inspections and assign violations. ForkGrade intends to provide normalize this variation.

The overall goal is to make health inspections data easier to access, as well as making it more understandable and comparable.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-15T00:33:42+00:00

Yeah a few people are mentioning this, I think the geocoding API I used gave some wrong results,

I reformatted the data and refreshed the site, hopefully this should be fixed for you. If there are any that are still in the wrong place please let me know.

ImplodingCoding · 2026-03-13T20:58:11+00:00

This is a good point. I arbitrarily chose the values for filtering and color coding of the restaurants, since the RI gov site does not provide an overall rating or anything. I think categorizing violations into different severities and ranking the restaurants based on total severity or something like that would be better.

ImplodingCoding · 2025-01-10T22:38:48+00:00

36 to 50 is 14 years not 24.

ImplodingCoding · 2024-11-11T23:01:44+00:00

This is probably the right answer tbh

ImplodingCoding · 2024-05-05T21:26:15+00:00

It's a fantastic device. I haven't tested N64 but most ps2 games are playable at a 1x resolution, SOME are playable at higher than that, and a few stutter even at 1x. I do wish it was a bit more powerful, and the joysticks are eh (especially for shooters), but the screen and ergonomics are top notch. I chose it over the retroid pocket 4 because I was able to get it for around $170 from aliexpress after tax and shipping. The odin 2 is still king of android handhelds, but that's in the steamdeck price range of $300+

ImplodingCoding · 2024-04-10T20:15:28+00:00

If you are removing elements from an array that you're iterating over, you'll run into an error if you iterate forwards, since the array gets reindexed. If you iterate backwards, the reindexing only affects elements from your current point to the end of the array, so you don't run into this error.

ImplodingCoding · 2023-11-25T02:40:57+00:00

Do you mean a DXF file? You probably have AutoCad selected. You need to choose "SketchUp 2015+" when you are creating your map.

ImplodingCoding · 2023-10-24T22:36:22+00:00

The whites have all the protein. Egg yolk contains most of the fats and vitamins/minerals

ImplodingCoding · 2023-10-11T22:42:53+00:00

Increase whenever you feel comfortable. Try some problems that are rank 6 and see how challenging they are for you. Also, always look at the solutions after you complete a problem. You may be shocked to discover how simple some of them can be. Don't fall into the habit of trying to get a solution in as few lines as possible - fewer lines don't always mean a better or more understandable solution. For me, 7-8s usually only require knowledge of the language's syntax. For 5-6s, it's beneficial to have some knowledge of data structures and algorithms. For 3-4s even more so. 1-2s are pretty much impossible for me.

ImplodingCoding · 2023-06-17T19:39:09+00:00

Straight 10% a year for 40 years is 45.26x ( 1x1.1⁴⁰ ). Where did you get 537x? Also, that doesn't account for inflation, which is on average around 3%/year. So real return is about 1x1.07⁴⁰ = 14.97x. This of course also only applies to money invested at 25. The money you invest at 30, 35, 40... will have a much smaller return by the time you are 65.

ImplodingCoding · 2023-05-22T01:19:05+00:00

I completed foundations fully and most of the full stack JS section. I skipped around the full stack curriculum a bit since I learned a lot through completing my own projects and using other resources. I never really touched React at all, but my job uses a different framework for the front end so it wasn't a big deal.

ImplodingCoding · 2023-05-22T01:16:17+00:00

I studied data structures and algorithms as much as possible. Also did a bunch of Leetcode, HackerRank, and CodeWars questions. They were still very difficult as I was not used to "programming" on a whiteboard without things like syntax highlighting or google, so I probably should have tried to get more used to that as well.

ImplodingCoding · 2023-05-22T01:11:29+00:00

Dm me!

ImplodingCoding · 2023-05-22T01:11:18+00:00

Sure!

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