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

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

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Post by jacobsenscott »

bauerd wrote: post #54
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…

Re data entry: was thinking this through a lot recently. Basically what I'd like to build requires either (1) product recognition vision like Google Lens offers, or (2) a barcode scanner and an extensive barcode product database. Both can be combined of course. My solution would be to read frames from a smartphone's camera until a barcode is detected. This can be achieved with eg Firebase ML, on-device. If a barcode…

Unless you can build a system that can identify the product as fast as you can pull it out or put in in the fridge or pantry, without holding a phone in one hand, it will be unusable.

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

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Post by bradgessler »

dkarp wrote: post #80
bradgessler wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Brother QL-810W Ultra-Fast Label Printer with Wireless Networking

If you’re using an iPhone, make sure it has AirPrint so you can easily print labels from your phone.

To scan labels, I just use my iPhone camera, tap on the link, and the webpage for the item opens.

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

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Post by MidgetGourde »

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…

Me too, was thinking about creating simple web app. for myself. Purely from the view of food wastage. I live alone and it's pretty difficult sometimes being able to plan meals when some food packs don't last. Freezable things are OK, but sometimes the salad goes in the bin. Tracking these things avoids purchasing any unnecessary items from the shop. Will check this out.

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

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Post by petronio »

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?

For household usage I think it might be helpful to separate items into categories:

- Frequent use

- Infrequent use & stock needed

- Infrequent use & stock not needed

The first category I wouldn't worry about: you know how much you have stocked due to frequently using it, so just jot it down on a simple shopping list as you feel more stock is needed. Both short and long shelf life items can be placed here, you know when you need more sugar or toilet paper, or when something you use frequently might go bad soon.

The second category would be very good to put in a system like this, complete with expiration dates. These might be emergency supplies and medications, things that are easily forgotten about but shouldn't be lacking at any time. Keeping track and being notified of expiration dates would be pretty important.

The final category is personal choice. Since you don't need a stock of it, then it's non-essential. You could place it in a system like the second category, or you could just throw it on a shopping list when it's running out like the first.

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

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Post by detaro »

a_band wrote: post #90

Who wants this? People who ask themselves, "Y'know, if I only had an ERP system to manage my refrigerator and batteries"? This seems very poorly conceived.

Poorly conceived because ... such people don't exist? The majority of people doesn't need it? ...?

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

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Post by bdcravens »

a_band wrote: post #90

Who wants this? People who ask themselves, "Y'know, if I only had an ERP system to manage my refrigerator and batteries"? This seems very poorly conceived.

I think pretty much every developer has tedious tasks in their life that they "just know" they could improve via an app. Meal planning, kid's chores, financial budgets, you name it - many have considered for 2 seconds building their own. Most of us don't have time. Needless to say, I think this is infinitely more valuable than another meme generator.

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

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Post by opsgal »

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…

Link to the Cinnamon app? Didn't see something matching description when I searched in App Store.
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