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Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by homarp »

six2seven wrote: post #26

This is exactly what I needed and was thinking about building a similar app. But to be really useful and automated, there's a bit long way I'm afraid. The biggest deal breaker is the time spend for the data entry and updates, leaving a pen-and-paper / notes solution still the most easy to use and just visiting local groceries and shops. I was collecting receipts and playing a bit with scanning of these, but the amoun…

there is https://github.com/Forceu/barcodebuddy that integrates with grocy: "If already in Grocys system, it will consume/add/open the product in Grocy. If an unknown barcode is passed, the product name will be looked up and a corresponding product can be chosen in the Web UI. Tags can be saved - if a new product contains the tag in the name, the product will be already preselected in the drop-down list."

Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by znpy »

jldugger wrote: post #65

I appreciate the community effort but this thing is waaay too unfocused. Batteries, chores and a todo list? I've been using an app called Cinnamon to handle grocery shopping. The general idea is similar: define a bunch of things you want to keep in stock in your pantry. Every two weeks before a shopping run I do a sub-five minute scan. The app groups by category, which usually helps keep it fast. Anything I'm low on…

I guess you're not understanding the scope.

It's not like an overkill of shopping list, it's more of a small scale inventory management.

Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by [deleted] »

bauerd wrote: post #67
jka wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, yep. That's a problem, especially if there isn't a straightforward way to contribute missing products and corrections. Do you know of any alternative data sources? Edit: since writing these comments, I've learned that Product Open Data may be unmaintained[0]. [0] - https://discuss.okfn.org/t/can-we-resurrect-product-open-dat...

Yep it's unmai rained and I couldn't find any good alternatives. Which is why I put the whole grocery tracking thing on hold. Barrier here is the lack of accessible data for me

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Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by sergiotapia »

samstave wrote: post #29

I freaking applied for HN with this idea and was rejected.. years ago. Called “standard pantry”

- No business model

- Families (arguably the people who would use this) probably won't use this. It's too much time overhead for minimal gains.

Don't sweat it.

Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by jldugger »

znpy wrote: post #72
jldugger wrote: post #65

I appreciate the community effort but this thing is waaay too unfocused. Batteries, chores and a todo list? I've been using an app called Cinnamon to handle grocery shopping. The general idea is similar: define a bunch of things you want to keep in stock in your pantry. Every two weeks before a shopping run I do a sub-five minute scan. The app groups by category, which usually helps keep it fast. Anything I'm low on…

I guess you're not understanding the scope. It's not like an overkill of shopping list, it's more of a small scale inventory management.

To what end? If the data you collect cannot change behavior, it has no purpose.

Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by shirakawasuna »

jldugger wrote: post #75
znpy wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess you're not understanding the scope. It's not like an overkill of shopping list, it's more of a small scale inventory management.

To what end? If the data you collect cannot change behavior, it has no purpose.

To manage your home inventory of regular consumables...

Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by jldugger »

shirakawasuna wrote: post #76
jldugger wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To what end? If the data you collect cannot change behavior, it has no purpose.

To manage your home inventory of regular consumables...

1. 'Manage' is meaningless verb in this context. If you do nothing, you've managed poorly, but still managed. 2. Chores / task management doesn't fit that bill.

Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by jka »

bauerd wrote: post #67
jka wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, yep. That's a problem, especially if there isn't a straightforward way to contribute missing products and corrections. Do you know of any alternative data sources? Edit: since writing these comments, I've learned that Product Open Data may be unmaintained[0]. [0] - https://discuss.okfn.org/t/can-we-resurrect-product-open-dat...

Yep it's unmai rained and I couldn't find any good alternatives. Which is why I put the whole grocery tracking thing on hold. Barrier here is the lack of accessible data for me

That's a shame. Let's hope better alternatives exist and/or develop :)

I did try Open Food Facts[0] which correctly identified the same product for me -- and allows anyone to enter missing products, a bit like Wikipedia.

User /u/homarp mentions[1] an app which can integrate Open Food Facts with Grocy.

[0] - https://world.openfoodfacts.org/

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22648741

Re: Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management

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Post by dkarp »

bradgessler wrote: post #31
jahbrewski wrote: post #4

I love the idea of this, but in reality I can’t imagine the time and energy required to scan and keep everything up-to-date is offset by the benefits. Perhaps a current user can prove me wrong?

I’ve been doing this with https://www.thingybase.com/ , my phone, and a wireless Brother label printer or the past few months. Once you get use to a workflow it’s not that bad, and very handy when you are out and about and need to see what’s in your deep freezer or in storage. Edit: I noticed a few people have signed up and are kicking the tires. Please let me know what you’d like to see built for this thing and give…

Which brother label printer do you use? Seems like all the options are pretty pricy that can manage a QR code
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