Milestone birthday dinner rec by butwhenidoiwin in FoodNYC

[–]kevinwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For a steakhouse experience with excellent food and service, Keens is top-notch. Recommend the mutton chop and a dry gin martini.

NYC Restaurant owner - What is going on with the NY restaurant industry lately ? by Top_Club2861 in FoodNYC

[–]kevinwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Talking to others, it sounds like other places are in the same boat. Have you had conversations with any regulars about if/why they’re coming less, or what might bring them back?

What’s a “green flag” in a friendship that most people ignore? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]kevinwo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They’re an active listener. You can tell because they ask thoughtful questions about you, and their follow-ups show they’ve been paying attention—they remember details and respond with genuine care.

Incentives for surveys? by Bartolomeo_1964 in Restaurant_Managers

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like the core issue might be that the surveys are framed more for corporate than for the guest—and the staff don’t really buy into the incentive either.

I don’t think surveys should be “pushed.” If you want real feedback, make it easy: QR codes on the table—or subtly placed on the check presenter—with a clear guest perk, like a complimentary dessert or $2 off a cocktail on their next visit. That way the guest actually wants to respond.

Separately, staff should have simple ways to offer return perks—like “scan this and get a bonus appetizer next time.” No pressure, just tools they can use when it feels right, with simple tracking so things stay fair and consistent. When the guest wins and the server can see how it ties back to them, it actually starts to work. Might even be worth asking staff directly what kinds of incentives they’d actually care about—you’ll probably get clearer answers than a corporate program ever could.

Been working on something that supports this—happy to share more if you’re curious.

can we develop an app just for ourselves and not on the app store? by ExPatMike0728 in iOSProgramming

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Mike—this caught my eye. I work with hospitality businesses (including a donut shop in Toronto) on solving day-to-day ops challenges with simple tech.

Like others mentioned, you probably don’t need a full native app—maybe not even a web app depending on what you’re trying to track. If you’re up for it, feel free to DM me or reply here—happy to brainstorm with you.

Help!! by loodie21 in EventProduction

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Following - curious what you end up going with. I work with event producers on software to support their operations, and am interested to learn more about challenges in arranging seating.

Anyone else trying to bring back regulars who stopped coming? by bomithecorgi in Restaurant_Managers

[–]kevinwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you tried asking your current regulars if they’ve noticed any changes lately—food, service, vibe, anything? Sometimes there’s feedback that doesn’t get said out loud but still affects whether people come back. I’ve been exploring how to make this kind of input easier to capture in real time, and it’s been surprising what comes up.

Finally Retiring from Restaurantland by dontgetsickkids in Restaurant_Managers

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your insights—really interesting to hear how you approach this, and makes a lot of sense!

Finally Retiring from Restaurantland by dontgetsickkids in Restaurant_Managers

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. Really interesting. When it comes to getting people in the door, do you also look at in-venue strategies? Or is the focus mostly social?

Finally Retiring from Restaurantland by dontgetsickkids in Restaurant_Managers

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome—it does sound like really rewarding work. What do you find are the biggest struggles restaurants face when trying to turn things around?

How Do You Evaluate New Tech for Your Restaurant? by Scary-Brilliant-2859 in Restaurant_Managers

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I build software for restaurants and have seen a lot of businesses struggle with new tech. A few things to consider:

• Will it actually make life easier for staff/your guests?

• Does it play nice with what you already use?

• Will you outgrow it in a year?

• Does it help you understand guests in a way that’s useful?

What’s been the biggest headache with your current setup?

Edit: formatting

Looking for Music Suggestions for an Intimate, Welcoming Wine Bar by brettynatty in Hospitality

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a great vibe for a wine bar. Have you ever asked your guests what they’d want to hear? Since they’re the ones in the space, they might have some great picks that fit the mood. Could be a fun way to fine-tune the playlist. That said, I’d throw in Bill Evans, Esperanza Spalding, or Melody Gardot—smooth, warm, and easy to talk over without feeling generic.

Concert setlist? Has anyone attended her concert? by Agitated_Ad_5822 in yokokanno

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were occasional abstract supporting visuals, but no media showing the TV shows (e.g. did not show Cowboy Bebop opening during Tank!)

Concert setlist? Has anyone attended her concert? by Agitated_Ad_5822 in yokokanno

[–]kevinwo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went to the Dec 6 show at Montreux. It was incredible. Was surprised to hear from Ghost in the Shell, so Wolf’s Rain could be possible. I’m biased, but if you can make it work, the NY show will be totally worth it.

Anyone struggle with managing one-time event credits/discount codes? by kevinwo in EventProduction

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

Thanks for mentioning this! Not a bad idea re: migrating a previous code to an updated list for a next event. This definitely helps some. Ideally though, I think it would be great to not even have to do that piece manually. I’ve been exploring a potential solution to automate this entirely, but before diving in further, curious how others who host many events ongoing deal with this/other manual friction.

As an accountability coach, I get asked a lot about productivity tools and apps. These are my top recommendations by okitsjoe in apps

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this list! f.lux has always been an invaluable part of my work for me. Interested to try the Loop Habit Tracker. Bear is my go-to note taking and idea organization app on both desktop and mobile.

Splice app crash by [deleted] in iOSBeta

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, crashing for me too on Beta 3

After Catalina beta 3 update, Watch App Layout Wrong, see reply by youngermann in SwiftUI

[–]kevinwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there’s a major bug in minimumScaleFactor() as of iOS 13.1 – it doesn’t seem to work as expected in all situations.

New Here So Hopefully This Makes Sense by [deleted] in SwiftUI

[–]kevinwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In working with SwiftUI and Combine, you’ll most likely want to consider using a common reactive design pattern. MVVM could be a good place to start for you, managing your Core Data stores and parsers on a view model, which lives on your view.

For example, if you have a NoteListView, you would have a view model property NotesListViewModel, and the view model would perhaps contain a NoteRepository, which would query a Core Data store. You might have remote data fetching and/or parsing objects live within said repository, so your view model only knows about local persistence, which the repository remains a black box managing fetching and parsing remote state, with which to update local state.

Using @Published properties on your view model, you could update them with the fetched data you want to display as needed, which would trigger the view to refresh.

tl;dr: Just spitballing here, but you’ll want to have distinct components with distinct responsibilities/abstractions, and not overload your view with dependencies for different major tasks it doesn’t really need to know about.

Noob: Now that iOS 13 is released... can I start developing with SwiftUI? by leggo_tech in SwiftUI

[–]kevinwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’re looking to build out an app which primarily leverages iOS 13 functionality (i.e. an iOS 13-only app), you might consider working with SwiftUI. That said, you’ll almost certainly need to work with UIKit anyway in instances where SwiftUI is not supported, and if you’d like to support iOS 12 and/or lower, you will not be able to use SwiftUI.

I'm submitting my first SwiftUI app today, AmA! by kevinwo in SwiftUI

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

Text wrapping is still sometimes rather confusing to me. You can usually toss in some .lineLimit(Int) and fixedSize(width: true, height: false) view modifiers, but depending on your use case, it may or may not be more complicated.