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[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the kind words :) I'm enjoying it a lot, but of course can't make it a full time activity, so, indeed, need to be careful about mindset and clarity to not burnout. But i will keep everyone here posted once it's open sourced and ready for contributions.

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

As I mentioned in one of the previous comment -> this is my first ever mobile app. I'm basically educating myself building it and found out about F-droid to late in the process, when there were already in-app firebase notifications, that will not work there. As someone mentioned - there is alternative and I'm moving to it in nearest weeks + open sourcing the project, so it will land on F-Droid and will be open to contributions as well. Thanks for pushing for it :)

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Indeed, that's part of the mission! I'm still educating myself in terms of veganism (being vegan for 2 years so far) while building this, so it takes some time to make it good, but I'm genuinely impressed with how far I could get so far and I have no intentions to slow down and your comment is very encouraging to keep pushing it forward :)

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I will add another post here once it's opened and available. Thanks for your interest :)

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I'll definitely consider this. It gets harder to maintain, the more users are joining, so I need to reconsider some of the aprooval flows, review flows etc. to make sure data-quality is at least stable and hopefully improving first. But UnifiedPush will indeed land in the backlog right below the basic F-Droid version

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

No valid reason tbh. I just forgot about it while building and now have tons of things to work on (also aside from the project). Will make sure to open the repo for contributions asap and notify everyone in the app that it's possible now. Thanks for highlighting it :)

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Thanks for flagging those! I will add a "leave feedback form" in app. But I surely accept all feedback/corrections/suggestions at hello@plantspak.com and there is a contact form on the web platform as well.

And i will fix those UI issues asap :)

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

thanks and great question! I run automated scripts every week now and it looks back ~9 days, not 7 - a deliberate overlap buffer so nothing that changed between runs slips through, but for now it's not automatic - it produces the report for me to work on. I'm considering automating it at some point.

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Valid point, as I mentioned in one of previous replies - this is my first ever mobile app and I've used some things along the way that would not work with F-droid builds right away, but I'm working on it as we speak, to make an open source version and make it available for public.

Also inside the platform -> you may delete your account at any time and I commit to never use any customers data outside of the customers experience with a platform itself.

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have a plan for a dedicated F-Droid version of the app. And hope to launch it during the summer still (hope the new google approach to apps will fail as well). It's a little more tricky for me personally as this is my first-ever production-grade mobile app, so it takes some time to figure out the details. For example, push notifications will not work, for better or worse and I'd like people to get notifications when there is a new vegan spot in their city + I use Expo (this felt like the best path initially) which will not work well for F-droid builds.

So it will take some time - but I will open source it and move to F-Droid and hopefully other catalogs as well.

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There are more details on web version, probably still not enough. I did not want to make the place page to crowded with more "technical" data. But I will reconsider it moving on. You may also help me verify the places by markign them in app or on web or suggesting exact changes on web :) thanks

[–] plantspack@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

wow, happy to hear that! I'd still recommend to check at least google maps to be sure it's open and opening hours are correct. My data is OK, but I can't guarantee yet, unless the verification badge clearly states that it's verified (I've checked quite some places manualy).

I keep improving data every day. So thanks for an encouraging comment :)

 

I've been building a vegan places directory (shared in this post) and enough people asked for an app that it's finally live on iOS and Android. It's a small independent project run by 2 people. If you've used HappyCow it lives in that world, but the focus is a bit different:

  • Vegan-oriented, not vegetarian. A place with no vegan options doesn't get listed, and 100% vegan spots are flagged separately from mostly-vegan, vegan-friendly, and "only 1-2 vegan options" - so you know before you go.
  • Free, no ads, nobody can pay to rank higher. Businesses can claim and manage their own page for free.
  • Open and community-correctable: much of the data is OpenStreetMap + other open sources, so if a spot's missing you can add it, and if something's mislabelled or mis-categorised you can help me fix it from its page in one tap.
  • It's more than a map - there are free vegan tools in there too (barcode scanner, menu/ingredients scanner, and more).

Honest about the state: it's still growing, some cities are thin, and since a lot of the data comes from OSM/open sources the quality isn't perfect yet.

Looking forward to your feedback and criticism - be brutal.

Get the PlantsPack App (iOS & Android)

 

Hey folks - spent the last few months building PlantsPack, an independent vegan discovery platform. No investors, no ads, no tracking beyond what's needed.

The thing I actually want feedback on is the city scoring system rather than "check out my site." Every city with ≥5 vegan / vegan-friendly places gets a letter grade A–F based on four dimensions:

  • Accessibility - places per capita (adjusted for city size)
  • Choice - how many distinct cuisines / categories are represented
  • Variety - mix across restaurants, shops, stays
  • Quality - review ratings + verification status

The goal is to answer "where should I travel / move to next?" at a glance, and to make it visible which cities desperately need more contributors.

Current coverage: ~37K places across 177 countries, mostly Europe + N. America + SE Asia. A lot of cities still score D/F because nobody's added the places yet - that's a data problem, not a "these cities are terrible" problem, and I'm trying to be honest about that in the UI.

What I'd love this community's take on:

  • Does your city show up? Does the grade feel right vs. your lived experience?
  • Is the fully-vegan vs. vegan-friendly split a useful distinction, or do you want more granularity (e.g., "has vegan options but the staff sigh when you ask")?
  • What would make this more useful than HappyCow or Google Maps for you? (I'm not pretending to be better on coverage - but I am looking for more pain points to fix)

Happy to answer anything about the tech, the methodology, or the data. Source code is closed for now but the data model is open to discussion.

https://www.plantspack.com/

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