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> Food delivery isn’t a technology problem. It’s a trivial hiring and logistics problem. It doesn't matter how you classify the problem; food delivery apps hav
by Reubend 3y ago
> Food delivery isn’t a technology problem. It’s a trivial hiring and logistics problem.
It doesn't matter how you classify the problem; food delivery apps have a ton of advanced logistics going on behind the scenes that the basic "pizza shop delivery" of decades past don't have.
Consider route optimization with multiple restaurants and multiple stops, area incentives for drivers, recommendation algorithms for consumers that take into account time of day + location, etc.
- mulmen 3y ago> It doesn't matter how you classify the problem It does if you care about building a viable business. > food delivery apps have a ton of advanced logistics going on behind the scenes that the basic "pizza shop delivery" of decades past don't have. Pizza shops don’t have advanced logistics because they don’t need it. A pizza shop can already saturate multiple drivers. > Consider route optimization with multiple restaurants and multiple stops, area incentives for drivers, recommendation algorithms for consumers that take into account time of day + location, etc. But this complexity isn’t necessary and the tiny increase in efficiency is less than the cost of the algorithms and systems to run them.
- Reubend 3y ago> But this complexity isn’t necessary and the tiny increase in efficiency is less than the cost of the algorithms and systems to run them. That's obviously not true, since those companies would simply stop doing it if it cost them more than it was earning them. > It does if you care about building a viable business. A business is either viable or not viable. It doesn't matter how it's classified.