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I'm from Tel Aviv, and here we use a website (that's also a payed-for by the company credit card) to order our lunches. Anyway they don't have an API, but we s

by dvirsky 11y ago

I'm from Tel Aviv, and here we use a website (that's also a payed-for by the company credit card) to order our lunches. Anyway they don't have an API, but we sniffed their AJAX stuff a bit and added some scripts to our Hubot that allow us to use Hipchat to order and get recommendations (including an I'm Feeling Lucky mode). We have company hackathons 3-4 times a year, and almost every hackathon had one project dedicated to hack the lunch ordering website. BTW although they don't have an official API, some people here approached their team personally, and we got a bit of help in doing our unofficial hacks from them.

lucaspiller 11y ago
How do you not get sick of being stuck in the office for 8+ hours a day? I like lunch as it gives me a break to go outside for a walk :)
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- dvirsky 11y ago
  As I said, it's also a credit card, so we can go out with it as well, most restaurants in the city accept that card (it has a credit of about $12 a day payed for by the company, and if you use more than that it gets billed to your personal credit card. Most restaurants price their lunches to fit into this budget). Sadly there's only one restaurant within walking distance, and it's inside the same building. But I do take walks outside regardless, often right after lunch, or sometimes I like to have walking meetings. Although to be honest, if I'm in the zone, I just code all day and forget about the outside world.
  - lucaspiller 11y ago
    Oh sorry, I misunderstood. I just thought you meant it was paid for by the company. That sounds pretty cool!
    - dvirsky 11y ago
      Yes, it is. The daily credit changes from company to company, of course, $12 is on the higher end, but not the highest I've heard of (plus you do pay part of it out of your own pocket, as it is taxed to some extent). When I used to work in an area with a lot of tech companies, there was a daily ritual of walking together and picking between about a dozen restaurants, and you'd see tons of geeks doing the same thing every day around noon.

by dvirsky 11y ago

lucaspiller 11y ago

How do you not get sick of being stuck in the office for 8+ hours a day? I like lunch as it gives me a break to go outside for a walk :)

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dvirsky 11y ago
As I said, it's also a credit card, so we can go out with it as well, most restaurants in the city accept that card (it has a credit of about $12 a day payed for by the company, and if you use more than that it gets billed to your personal credit card. Most restaurants price their lunches to fit into this budget). Sadly there's only one restaurant within walking distance, and it's inside the same building. But I do take walks outside regardless, often right after lunch, or sometimes I like to have walking meetings. Although to be honest, if I'm in the zone, I just code all day and forget about the outside world.
- lucaspiller 11y ago
  Oh sorry, I misunderstood. I just thought you meant it was paid for by the company. That sounds pretty cool!
  - dvirsky 11y ago
    Yes, it is. The daily credit changes from company to company, of course, $12 is on the higher end, but not the highest I've heard of (plus you do pay part of it out of your own pocket, as it is taxed to some extent). When I used to work in an area with a lot of tech companies, there was a daily ritual of walking together and picking between about a dozen restaurants, and you'd see tons of geeks doing the same thing every day around noon.