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Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

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Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

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Post by tedmiston »

i_phish_cats wrote: post #75

This kind of idea is why I'm not going to let my kids major in computer science (at least not just CS). The brains behind this startup could be doing something at least superficially useful, but apparently all they know are the technical 'solutions', and know nothing about real-world problems.

I would love to have this solution for every product in my fridge. Even my entire kitchen.

Re-ordering things when you're actually almost out of them as opposed to on a fixed schedule seems ideal from the consumer's perspective. To me this is a better solution to the problem Amazon tried to solve with Dash buttons.

I could imagine living in a future world where my grocery list is dynamically defined as the products e.g., below 25% of their original weight.

I am excited to try it.

Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

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Post by mchannon »

I'd be interested in learning how you plan on keeping up with corporate wi-fi networks kicking you off, changing passwords periodically, and/or having a weird login screen (the kind you see at airports, for instance).

Also curious if you're using the same PITA approach to "learning" wifi credentials that everybody else is (disconnect iOS from primary wifi, connect to IoT device as wifi, teach it the network and credentials, reconnect iOS to primary wifi).

Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

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Post by mrkurt »

i_phish_cats wrote: post #75

This kind of idea is why I'm not going to let my kids major in computer science (at least not just CS). The brains behind this startup could be doing something at least superficially useful, but apparently all they know are the technical 'solutions', and know nothing about real-world problems.

I waste way less coffee using Bottomless than I did before. Cheaper for me, better for the environment. Real world doesn't have to mean "huge".

Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

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Post by seizethecheese »

noirbot wrote: post #49
seizethecheese wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! We're always wondering what the biggest restocking problems are for people. Your list are all products we're planning to address eventually. The real question is: what do we do next ?

The one other thing that could be a good restock is rice. A solid restock on quality rice is something that could be really valuable for folks who cook Asian food regularly, and it's something that people generally make on a pretty regular basis, but may not have a good local store that has quality options for.

How much does a typical bag cost and weigh?

Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

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Post by ham_sandwich »

I just heard about this on Patrick O’Shaughnessy podcast. As a coffee-fiend, I really should look into becoming a customer, and am also interested to see what offerings come next.

Reminds me of a Whitehead quote that I like that can also serve as a heuristic to evaluate business ideas:

“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them”

I love that literally everything is abstracted away from the customer. Stuff just appears like magic.

Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

#97

Post by seizethecheese »

alexbecker wrote: post #66
paulgerhardt wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We love our Bottomless scale! The thing I would add is this product works particularly well at our office. It’s one less task to delegate. At home I can mentally keep tabs on how supplies are diminishing but in an office environment there are more chaotic variables that I don’t have visibility into the effect resource consumption. Also protip: tare (reset to zero) the scale with an airtight container like a “coffee g…

I can see the office use case a lot more than the personal one--because I might not feel like I have the authority to re-order coffee when it runs out. Maybe you should market towards offices more? (Your website reads as very consumer-focused to me right now.)

The above is a customer, but I'll jump in here.

We work with offices now! We have 2lb and 5lb bags on the platform.

Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

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Post by seizethecheese »

rangersanger wrote: post #47

I hate subscription services and smart home solutions, but you've hit on an actual solution to an actual problem. I have a subscription with Peace Coffee right now that I have to manually manage. I only subscribed because it saves a good bit of cash. I'm sitting on an extra 5lbs of coffee because I'm not good at that kind of thing. This resolves that. I'd totally sign up today, but why only a dark roast option? Add l…

Hey there, you can sign up for any coffee! Sorry our on-boarding flow is a bit confusing.

Just click the "Shop All Coffee" link.

Re: Launch HN: Bottomless (YC W19) – Coffee Restocked with a Smart Scale

#99

Post by seizethecheese »

alphagrep12345 wrote: post #53

I had a friend hack a prototype for the exact same concept in our undergrad years. This was done as a course project and he discarded it later. I've always felt it was a good idea though.

That's cool!
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