u/adrian — reddlx

Image 1 — new specialty mushroom vendor at the Farmer’s Market

Image 2 — new specialty mushroom vendor at the Farmer’s Market

new specialty mushroom vendor at the Farmer’s Market

There’s a new vendor at the market that just sells mushrooms at the market and I’m hooked. I’m the kind of person who can’t resist photographing fungi when I’m out for walks in the woods. This stall is like that, but for edible mushrooms and I’m trying so many kinds I’ve never cooked with. They are gorgeous!

Place is called the Mushroom Tree and it has this cool minimalist aesthetic. It’s nice to see new vendors at the market, too.

u/adrian — 3 hours ago

▲ 7 r/edi

what is it like if you try to leave SPS?

If you're a mid-market retailer that got sucked into having an SPS account because you thought it was what you needed to integrate with a larger retailer, and then at some point you want to leave and use a different EDI provider, how hard/easy do they make it to do that? I understand there's a cancellation form you have to fill out. If you fill it out, then what happens, and how long does it take?

I'm also curious about this from a contract standpoint. Are contracts required? How long are they typically, and do they auto-renew? What is the window in which you can exit? And if you submit a cancellation form and you're mid-contract, what happens?

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u/adrian — 1 day ago

▲ 2 r/supplychain

looking for TMS startups (and larger players doing interesting things)

Hey guys, I'm researching a piece on the future of the TMS interface. I'm a logistics software founder with six years of experience in freight and EDI, and I'm developing a long-form article on a question I haven't seen addressed directly: is the conventional TMS interface (the dispatcher-centric GUI) actually the right paradigm for modern freight operations?

My working thesis is that the TMS UI is trying to serve two fundamentally different cognitive modes (situational awareness and action/decision) with the same interface, and doing neither particularly well.

I'm looking for:

TMS startups doing genuinely interesting or unconventional things — especially around UX, AI, or how humans interact with the system
Larger players you think are doing real work rather than just bolting AI onto existing screens

Who are the real visionaries in the space? I'm not looking to sell anything, I'm not building a competing product/TMS, and I am happy to share my findings with anyone who contributes.

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u/adrian — 3 days ago

▲ 153 r/Hamilton

What’s the story with the “Bill Reynolds memorial washroom” at Hutch’s

This caught my eye when we stopped at Hutch’s out by Confederation Park today.

No disrespect to Bill but a washroom seems like an unusual memorial.

Then my wife suggested it might be a joke, which hadn’t occurred to me.

Does anyone know who Bill was and whether this is a genuine tribute to his legacy?

u/adrian — 6 days ago

▲ 3 r/edi

Hey gang,

This is my attempt to make a decent guide for developers/technical folks who are new to EDI. When I first encountered EDI, my reaction was essentially, wtf. Like many of you, I figured it out eventually, but it was painful.

There are still not very many good resources to help newcomers to the field get situated. Most of the results for searching "understanding EDI as a developer" are corporate top-of-the-funnel landing pages designed for conversion, not education.

I've taken a crack at filling that gap. I wrote a guide that treats readers like they're more than a wallet. It's free / no sign-up / no email address needed, it's interactive, and it's wired into a comprehensive X12 Reference (which does require sign-up, because of X12 rules, yadda yadda).

It uses the 990 as an example transaction set because it's super simple. It takes you through segments, inbound, why JSON translation is popular, outbound, data types and envelopes.

I also put an "Ask a question" widget on every page which yes, is AI-powered. If you hate AI, don't use it. ;)

You can find it at https://tediware.com/resources/developer-guide-to-edi

I would love to hear any thoughts on what's missing / what could be improved. One thing is that it doesn't point people at specific coding tools that are useful in the EDI space. I may add that later on.

u/adrian — 1 month ago