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jaep1

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About jaep1

Founder of cheapfoodmap.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49145629

    Thank you! =)

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    Comment #49145620

    Thank you! You are right on the money =) I guess my intention are some shock value and differentiator that makes us stand out against all other crowdsource services. I thought unde…

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    Comment #49145599

    I hope so too, Google goes after any name that remind people of their name with similar service.. so Froogal / Foogle map was off the table.. but I love the name, I wish I can use …

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    Comment #49145593

    Thank you, that is the plan!

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    Comment #49130561

    its supported!

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    Comment #49130559

    gotta give it a shot!

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    Comment #49130556

    now you can!

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    Comment #49117694

    Thank you! Yes, I have link for feedback in community tab! I respond within a day =)

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    Comment #49112674

    yes, we need some standard for even comparison purposes.

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    Comment #49112629

    I have used Google API / Yelp AP and filtered them rigorously.. Most of them I personally found and updated by researching. AND prices is always increasing.. like almost every mont…

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    Comment #49112608

    O this is the tricky part, each region have different currency standards.. we need to really think this thorough

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    Comment #49112601

    Thank you =) will do!

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    Comment #49112583

    I used Google API / Yelp API to get top food reviewed places (4.2 star and 500+ reviews) and let used Claude API to review individual listing and menus twice. Google API has free A…

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    Comment #49112559

    No problem, it was only for my initial seed data. I just set hard requirement so I don't have any "bad" recommandation for users coming in. There are no limit for user submission a…

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    Comment #49112541

    Thank you! You are the second person who said email would not come.. can you share what email service you used so I can check it myself as well? (I tried twice using my alias email…

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    Comment #49112481

    NodeJS + React + TypeScript + Tailwind on vercel, locations are cached, and we are using google maps api and data. It is expensive.. but I think its most polished and familiar with…

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    Comment #49112437

    Wow, thank you. Yes, we do have data validation and limit amount of update new users can do, but I should definitely think ahead to set some healthy boudaries.

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    Comment #49112409

    Thank you for your thoughful and thorough suggestions. Really appreciate it, to be honest last 24 hours has been just overwhelmingly blissful with thankfulness. I was working on th…

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    Comment #49112346

    That was wrong detail set as vietnamese, because this coffee shop sells vietnamese sandwitches. Fixed it to "Sandwitch"!

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    Comment #49112303

    Wow, I didn't know about this app and you are right. This is perfectly in line with what we are trying to do. We do have same share feature, but should add that more clearly. Love …

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    Comment #49112258

    Yap, most are just with water unless specifiied. (like 2 pizza + drink = $6.99

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    Comment #49112249

    Thank you so much for trying it out. I will add drag and drop on desktop browser and choose sticky zone on map. For issue #1, did you try to search by restaurant name? If it is not…

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    Comment #49112197

    Yes, this is #1 homework this week to solve. How do we define equal standard for all food types?

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    Comment #49112179

    Thank you! I like the name too, but it has slight negative connotation so businesses might not like them.. but thats the part I like about the it

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    Comment #49112169

    Yes, I like this name too. But they will get us if we go major. I liked Fooglemap (Googlemap + Food) and Slickmeals (like slickdeals) all very dangerous down the road if we ever be…