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+1 for Pyxel, recently used it for a couple of hours to create a tiny project [1] and loved how intuitive it was.

[1] https://github.com/abhishekbasu/minesweeper


This was fun. I saw a post on Pyxel a couple of days ago, and decided to write mine in Python using it.

https://github.com/abhishekbasu/minesweeper


There are [1, 2], and AFAICT they rely on gnuplot [3].

[1] https://github.com/nschloe/termplotlib [2] https://github.com/dkogan/gnuplotlib [3] http://www.gnuplot.info/


The last time I used gnuplot was around 25 years ago. And it is still around!


A few years ago, you had to recompile it to add sixel support on debian, so I provided https://github.com/csdvrx/sixel-gnuplot

Now it's included by default IIRC


your pessimism is hardly unwarranted. this will lead to rather lousy code documentation, and might be misused by folks. but on the other hand, i look at this as something that will be effective as a "summarizer" of sorts where it describes already written code with lack of/poor documentation.


I wonder if this can somehow be used as a tool for quick visual inspection of architecture compliance. Maybe the size of the box could be selected before display to denote a custom metric. For example, if the size of the box for each file was proportional to the (number_of_lines_edited) * (current_date - file_creation_date), then modularity could demand that the size of the boxes remain small. (pardon the musings of a non software engineer on a Saturday night)


The size of the boxes is fairly customisable on the back end, the webpage just needs to be sent the right JSON data, and the only real criteria is that the size of each directory is the sum of the sizes of its children.


While HTML and other markup languages are great, I wonder if there is a way to use a word processor while creating the document - focusing only on content (spellcheck, etc.) and not on formatting or on syntax. Then, a context specific converter (that is specific to the type of content - a resume, a newsletter, a FAQ page, etc.) takes care of adding the formatting and publishing it.

As an example, recently, I had to create a bunch of FAQ pages, and I created a tool like [1]. While Pandoc can be used, I still need to worry about (at least basic) formatting the doc while typing it out in the word processor to make it look good in the HTML output.

[1] https://github.com/abhishekbasu/faq2html


Have you heard of Quarto?


7380 with one forced error (was cooking while answering this). Can't agree with a few in the medium difficulty though, felt that the "correct" answer was arbitrary. However, IANAD so perhaps not the best person to say for sure.


First off, congrats on your venture! as a foodie I'm elated.

I realize that you're trying to create your own brand, my concern is:

- if it's a brand that does all cuisines, it is going to attract people mainly because of the price point, and not uniqueness

- if the idea is to build multiple brands, one each for a specific type of food: a brand for Pizza, another for Biryani, etc., then scaling each is its own demon

please correct me if I'm not understanding it right.

On a side note,

> But it didnt work and they shut down all locations

Do you have any knowledge of why it didn't work? I have a few thoughts around this, and have discussed this with a friend who's a restaurateur, but would love to hear from you!


-we're creating multiple brands -each with their own identity. The common thread is premium. Target customers are restricted to those in a 10km radius of a kitchen. Aim is to build customer wallet share by understanding our set of consumers well and serving food to them across different food missions - meal to go , family meal, light meal, cheat meal. Efficiency comes as we consolidate the supply chain and infra at scale

-they scaled too fast because it would not have moved the needle for a company of their size otherwise. and its difficult to build brands customers truly love if speed and scale is the main focus imo, we focus on depth first, then breadth. -would love you hear your views too


Not the guy you are replying too, but the strategy does seem to have parallels to D Mart growth strategy vs Big Bazaar(Future Retail) .


interesting thought!


On a side note, if the facial expressions were spot on, how would you as a prospective customer feel if you were later informed that the video was in fact AI-generated?


This is a great question that we’re curious about- how would you feel? Would you rather know up front, later or not at all?


Pardon me if I'm not thinking about this in the right way, but how would you hold the store owner accountable for refreshing or updating their catalogue on the app if they don't already use an inventory management system for purchasing and re-stocking? Isn't that a huge shift in behavior?


What normally happens is that availability is a boolean yes/no, and gets set to no when the first person asks for something that's run out. The merchant then sets it back to yes after stock comes in. That's a lot less work than integration ERP systems, and achieves the same result with the collateral damage to a few customers' experiences.


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