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Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by netsharc »

cors-fls wrote: post #6

I thought it was an app to match people that want an half loaf so they can share a full loaf of bread. That would be innovative. But no, it only searches store inventories for half-loaves for sale. I love the laser focus on half-loaves anyway.

Food sharing in general should be encouraged (as a fickle single man I end up throwing away a lot of food, after e.g. opening a jar of tomato sauce and consuming half of it and leaving the other half in the fridge to use "soon"), but that's odd if it only looks in stores.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by georgehill »

> The API used to call Dunzo is open but undocumented. So if someone from Dunzo is reading this, don't be sending take-down notices. This is a very niche and tiny thing and is unlikely to put any strain on your servers.

I see this as a free promo for Dunzo and hope it hasn't caused them too much trouble.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by dmurray »

paulcole wrote: post #9
cinntaile wrote: post #2

This is oddly specific, I like it. Why is a half loaf of bread important enough to you that you made a website for it?

Based on this: > *Available in: Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Pune I’d begin by guessing that half loaves of bread are much more common in India than the US.

Can't be that common, though, or there would be no need for the website.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by bmmayer1 »

Mel Brooks joke: a man in a deli notices that there's nothing but salt on every shelf. He asks the shopkeeper if he sells a lot of salt. The shopkeeper says "If I sell a bag of salt a week I'm lucky. But the guy who sells me salt, boy, can he sell salt!"

This is a great idea that "doesn't scale" and could one day be a $1B business. Well done!

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by thejosh »

paulcole wrote: post #9
cinntaile wrote: post #2

This is oddly specific, I like it. Why is a half loaf of bread important enough to you that you made a website for it?

Based on this: > *Available in: Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Pune I’d begin by guessing that half loaves of bread are much more common in India than the US.

They've become more popular in Australia recently as well, I've noticed.

They had a two for one sale of half breads at one point, I was like "what is the point.."

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by gigaflop »

netsharc wrote: post #11
cors-fls wrote: post #6

I thought it was an app to match people that want an half loaf so they can share a full loaf of bread. That would be innovative. But no, it only searches store inventories for half-loaves for sale. I love the laser focus on half-loaves anyway.

Food sharing in general should be encouraged (as a fickle single man I end up throwing away a lot of food, after e.g. opening a jar of tomato sauce and consuming half of it and leaving the other half in the fridge to use "soon"), but that's odd if it only looks in stores.

I recently got into using tomato powder, have you ever tried it? It would mean more work, but much more shelf-life and granularity of how much tomato you actually want.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by eatonphil »

alias_neo wrote: post #7
curiousfab wrote: post #4

Realizing that you can put bread in the freezer changed my life - well, at least my bread buying habits ;-)

My wife does this. The only complaint I have is that when there isn't space, she forces it in anyway and then you end up with mangled, frozen slices that don't fit in the toaster.

Maybe keep a toaster facing out in the freezer she can put the bread into? Will never be out of shape.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by orangepanda »

georgehill wrote: post #12

> The API used to call Dunzo is open but undocumented. So if someone from Dunzo is reading this, don't be sending take-down notices. This is a very niche and tiny thing and is unlikely to put any strain on your servers. I see this as a free promo for Dunzo and hope it hasn't caused them too much trouble.

Big Bread will want it taken down
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