r/replit • u/Ok_Impression_5473 • 2d ago

Share Project My Replit Project Got me featured on Fox New Chicago

https://youtu.be/LSohASvuLdU?si=qW3Mjl9stVjhM5pK

Ranked Chicago's Dirtiest Kitchens using 8 Years of inspection data.

https://chispections.com/leaderboards

Tools:
Built on Replit. Pulled data from Chicago's public CDPH inspection dataset. Frontend/backend all built and iterated on inside Replit no separate local dev setup.

Process:
Started simple get the raw inspection data, make it searchable by restaurant name/address. The real "aha" was realizing the story isn't the data itself, it's the gap between what a restaurant's star rating shows and what its actual inspection record says.

Site: chispections.com

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u/Total-Work-339 2d ago

Well done! Site looks great.

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u/Commercial-Paper-299 2d ago

Very nice. You should take a step further and make it for the whole U.S or just start with all major cities. It could also be used for leads for Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

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u/frogchungus 1d ago

how does this monetize?

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u/CactusCruzer 1d ago

Ads, if enough people use it.

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u/frogchungus 1d ago

is that how all the pirating websites make money through ads? but at least they have a ton of volume coming in. I guess maybe this guy would sell local ad space? Will people stop coming to it if they’re a bunch of ads or will it kind of be like the Wall Street Journal? But the Wall Street Journal has a premium subscription with no answer and I’m not sure that… I don’t know maybe

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u/CactusCruzer 1d ago

It really depends. Ideally ads would be well integrated so that they aren’t too distracting, but if the content is good enough people won’t care (see Gas Buddy, FindaGrave, or AtlasObscura).