I like where this is coming from but I'm afraid it's totally backwards. Apologies if coming off as unfriendly.
I picked a spot on the map and no store within 25 blocks in any direction has any deals. That's fine, and it's not the author's fault that they don't publish deals, but after that the next thing to do is to search for a particular thing. If you live at that point on the map, is the rational thing to then go to another borough to save a dollar on tofu?
I think most people look for grocery deals opportunistically and if it's not where they are then it's not interesting. The question isn't "where's the cheapest X", it's "what's cheap near Y".
I don't think there's a good way to do that either without sharing device location. I asked the bot "what's the best store near St. Patrick's Cathedral?" and it hadn't the faintest idea, even after multiple follow-ups.
Near and dear to my heart. Would be very hard to add but there's a sensational operation called Mr. Mango (bet the OP has heard of them). Don't know how exactly they do it but Mr (Mango|Lime|Kiwi) sells fresh (often organic) produce at 30% market rate. Big case of strawberries for 99 cents type thing.
FYI, your data has closed stores. For example, the Trader Joe's on 72nd and Broadway in NYC is currently closed (and has been for a month), but I am pointed there to get the cheapest milk (which was true when they were open) :)
I like where this is coming from but I'm afraid it's totally backwards. Apologies if coming off as unfriendly.
I picked a spot on the map and no store within 25 blocks in any direction has any deals. That's fine, and it's not the author's fault that they don't publish deals, but after that the next thing to do is to search for a particular thing. If you live at that point on the map, is the rational thing to then go to another borough to save a dollar on tofu?
I think most people look for grocery deals opportunistically and if it's not where they are then it's not interesting. The question isn't "where's the cheapest X", it's "what's cheap near Y".
I don't think there's a good way to do that either without sharing device location. I asked the bot "what's the best store near St. Patrick's Cathedral?" and it hadn't the faintest idea, even after multiple follow-ups.
Near and dear to my heart. Would be very hard to add but there's a sensational operation called Mr. Mango (bet the OP has heard of them). Don't know how exactly they do it but Mr (Mango|Lime|Kiwi) sells fresh (often organic) produce at 30% market rate. Big case of strawberries for 99 cents type thing.
FYI, your data has closed stores. For example, the Trader Joe's on 72nd and Broadway in NYC is currently closed (and has been for a month), but I am pointed there to get the cheapest milk (which was true when they were open) :)
Do NYC grocery stores publish pricing info in an easily accessible format?
"I built" these days means they ai coded it and have no idea what they're doing. Utter slop.
You could at least write the HN post yourself. Even that is slop.
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