My First Web App
Consumer and social
food coupons
SHOW HN2012
10points
12comments
#1,337of 1,677 in 2012
Top 80%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Design: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple and useful
From 2 comments
I've been using that site for the past few months... thanks for building it. I like how clean and easy it is to use. The only problem I have is that it's only for papa johns.…
vblord on HNI love how "simple" and useful it is. Great job!
nurik on HN
Objections
Only supports Papa John's
From 2 comments
I'm pretty sad it is just PapaJohns :( Otherwise I love the idea. It reminds me of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/retailmenot/
27182818284 on HNI've been using that site for the past few months... thanks for building it. I like how clean and easy it is to use. The only problem I have is that it's only for papa johns.…
vblord on HN
Crawler may break when target site HTML changes
From 1 comment
what happens when the html structure/schema of the site you're scraping changes?
AznHisoka on HN
Requests
Add more pizza chains such as Domino's
From 2 comments
I'm pretty sad it is just PapaJohns :( Otherwise I love the idea. It reminds me of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/retailmenot/
27182818284 on HNI had the hardest time finding a Domino's coupon to use a few nights ago, ended up just grabbing a sub-par Little Caesar's Hot-N-Ready. Look forward to watch this service…
Delphiki on HN
Support non-US stores
From 1 comment
no love for the non-US?
countessa on HN
Fix store ID search label to mention zip code
From 1 comment
I love pizzas and your site is cool. One thing though. You search box says "Ener Store id". I do not know store Ids but I entered a zip code anyway and it worked. Why not reword…
codegeek on HN
Questions
How the site makes money
From 1 comment
I've been using that site for the past few months... thanks for building it. I like how clean and easy it is to use. The only problem I have is that it's only for papa johns.…
vblord on HN
Alternatives named
RetailMeNot
From 1 comment
I'm pretty sad it is just PapaJohns :( Otherwise I love the idea. It reminds me of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/retailmenot/
27182818284 on HN