Roulette Pizza
Consumer and social
food ordering
SHOW HN2017
127points
97comments
#331of 2,242 in 2017
Top 15%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 17 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Idea: 5 for, 7 againstPricing: 0 for, 6 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun novelty idea
From 3 comments
Sent this to my friend in the next room, he yelled back his exact thoughts. He wants to say that "you're a monster and why is this a thing" I for one welcome adding an element of…
tenryuu on HNThere's a funny novelty to this that you can't deny and the user experience does make it super fast to get a pizza. I'm not sure I see myself using it outside of an office joke…
kylnew on HNI like this, but that's probably because I buy 5 pizzas or so fairly frequently and hate choosing the toppings. That said, I'd prefer roulette on their medium pizzas that seem to…
colinsidoti on HN
Objections
Prices are high for a Domino's pizza
From 3 comments
$34.61 estimated for my random pizza. That's a hell of an expensive pizza.
oliv__ on HNI priced a random 3 topping large pizza on Dominos website: $17.92 which includes delivery fee but no tip. Roulette: $23.70 including tip.
darkstar999 on HN$31.21 including tip and delivery for me in Manhattan. I just priced a random pizza from dominos.com with three ingredients and that came out to $26.38 total, so it sounds like…
CydeWeys on HN
No dietary options such as vegetarian or allergy filters
From 3 comments
It'd probably be valuable to add settings that consider allergies. Vegetarian and gluten free too. Looks interesting, though!
Jetroid on HNAhem, surely you don't honestly believe your request will be fulfilled with just "one checkbox, just one". It's not the matter of adding <input type="checkbox"…
keerthiko on HNYour definition of success is just an excuse for bad software, with the reasoning being "cause RL roulette works like this as well". Reminds me of car analogies. What you desire…
Fnoord on HN
Delivery time estimates seem unrealistic
From 2 comments
25 pizzas, with random ingredients, and delivery on New Years Eve to a major city: "Time To Your Door: 44-74 minutes" I doubt it. I can't afford to try it, but I doubt it. Will…
cryptoz on HNFor far more reasons than I care to go into, the Dominos PULSE system[1] sucks at making delivery time estimates. The CSMs in store don’t use it, but can’t control what online…
cosmie on HN
Requests
Add vegetarian and allergy options
From 2 comments
It'd probably be valuable to add settings that consider allergies. Vegetarian and gluten free too. Looks interesting, though!
Jetroid on HNYour definition of success is just an excuse for bad software, with the reasoning being "cause RL roulette works like this as well". Reminds me of car analogies. What you desire…
Fnoord on HN
Add a no-anchovies option
From 1 comment
It should include a 'no anchovies' option
Exuma on HN
Add disclaimers about diet and delivery times
From 2 comments
25 pizzas, with random ingredients, and delivery on New Years Eve to a major city: "Time To Your Door: 44-74 minutes" I doubt it. I can't afford to try it, but I doubt it. Will…
cryptoz on HNMy link proves that vegetarianism is a significant group which you can cater to. The system I proposed does not force you to be bound by my artificial social constructs (with…
Fnoord on HN
Questions
Why is it limited to the US?
From 1 comment
Dominos is available in dozens of countries around the world, since 2017, about half their shops are outside the US, and they even offer fully robotized deliveries in parts of…
kuschku on HN
Alternatives named
Dice-based or user-script random ordering
From 1 comment
As a owner of a dice I don't see a great need for this even if it was available at my location. The dice solution also has a lot more features such as covering allergies,…
maturz on HN
None Pizza with Left Beef
From 1 comment
This reminds me of None Pizza with Left Beef, which just celebrated its tenth anniversary: * original: http://www.thesneeze.com/2007/the-great-pizza-orientation-test.php *…
pronoiac on HN
Pizza Party terminal app
From 1 comment
Concept (but not implementation) reminds me a little of the old-school Pizza Party terminal app from the '90s: https://youtu.be/J691aLfkWP0
wyclif on HN