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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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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?

I usually buy 2-5 lbs, but I know some people who go through 20-40lbs regularly.

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

#122

This reminds me of Juicero. It seems to be solving a problem that only exists in the Bay area.

Every office with a kitchen and a coffee maker in the world needs to deal with reordering supplies. This doesn't seem massively overpriced nor massively over-engineered. It's basically a scale that auto-presses a dash button for you.

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

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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…

Yes, I can see it now. So, we have a bunch of millennials that have no idea how to manage a pantry because they only eat at their company cafeterias or dine at restaurants. Instead of thinking "gee I'm almost out of coffee I'll go buy some", they get a bunch of wifi scales. And then a better one with more features comes out, and the old ones get shipped to SE asia so a 5 year old can try to recover some recyclables f…

Not sure that I agree with the series of events leading to your conclusion, but automating pantry management is really appealing to me for convenience. It seems like something better left to automation than spending human cycles on.

I think of it as the "declarative kitchen" like how we have declarative infrastructure or declarative languages. Now if only I could declare some brownies...

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

#124
I have to confess, that I don't understand the business case, but I applaud your confidence to go after such an extremely niche area (I wouldn't call it a problem). However, if I convince myself to see the value here, I see the real product as the solution around using your scale to work on pantry restocking in general, not just with coffee.

All the best!

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

#126

The product looks awesome. Can you add the processing type for all coffees? It looks like the exists, it's just only shown for some. I really like naturally processed beans! Edit: Just saw that I can filter by process. Thank you for building this feature.

Thanks! I also love natural processed coffees.

If the filter isn't working, you can find a product that is naturally processed (CMD+F "natural") and click on the word "natural". Hopefully that'll activate it. If not, email me and I'll help send a link.

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

#127

I think the bag should screw into the scale with a twist or two. Current design to precarious. Don't make me remember to check bag did not slide off.

Cool idea! Right now we're trying to keep the hardware as simple as possible.

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

#130
> universal problem

Slight inconvenience != problem. If this works out, I’m going into the catheter business because peeing is universal too.

I do wish you best of luck and hope you find people who care enough to buy your product. This just sounds like an uphill battle to me

Edit to add; I’m not a fan of the weight approach. This assumes a lot and can’t predict what I’ll need tomorrow. Also, it forces me to put things back in their place, no thanks.

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