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Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by cactusplant7374 »

sv123 wrote: post #33
netsharc wrote: post #25

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Hello OP, do you work for sales? So much bluster in your site but so little substance in this answer. Is there a law mandating realtime reporting, or something, or are there just limited number of POS providers and they all have realtime API(s)? I bet the dashboard doesn't have Johnny from my street corner's transaction...

Not sure what more substance you need, we integrate with close to 30 different POS providers, that's it. There is no law mandating realtime reporting. Every transaction from thousands of retailers is represented... What more do you want to know?

Why would they give you access to that information?

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by ivape »

kstrauser wrote: post #40
hsuduebc2 wrote: post #36

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Yea it's weird. Even when alcohol is one of the most dangerous substances for some criteria and I'm aware of it I still perceive having a few beers while doing something more acceptable than smoking a joint. The cultural indoctorination is hard.

My brain still imagines what a bad example I’d set using weed in front of my kids, but they've seen me sipping a beer after mowing the lawn or having a glass of wine with dinner. Objectively, that's a worse example but it sure doesn't feel like it. Yes, its weird.

My theme was that a lot of it is delayed understanding if caution isn't applied. Parents should be the most sensitive to this theme, because truly, you won't have a clue about the outcome of your parenting until about 20 years later. Society is collective parenting, and often the collective foregoes their duty (often parents do). But I have mostly shifted away from western individualism by this point of my life, so just my perspective.

Anyway, I didn't actually address the OP yesterday, so I'll do so now. It's one of the more beautiful and well-done dashboards and visualizations on HN. Regardless, our tendency here would have been to marvel at the tech but not actually take in the data which is that a lot of people are now on drugs.

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by sv123 »

cactusplant7374 wrote: post #41
sv123 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure what more substance you need, we integrate with close to 30 different POS providers, that's it. There is no law mandating realtime reporting. Every transaction from thousands of retailers is represented... What more do you want to know?

Why would they give you access to that information?

We provide tools to manage their inventory, better sales reporting than what most POSs provide, marketing tools, etc.

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by leehuffman »

sv123 wrote: post #34
leehuffman wrote: post #27

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> Is there a law mandating realtime reporting, or something Not real time in WA, but all records are public and reported fairly consistently. See https://www.topshelfdata.com for an example of that. > or are there just limited number of POS providers and they all have realtime API(s)? This is Headset who is probably the largest retail POS provider (amongst other offerings on the producer/processor side and more) for…

Headset isn't a POS, we integrate with essentially all of the POS providers. At the bottom of the page there is a list with sales represented.

My mistake! I remember that now. Thanks for clarifying.

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by cactusplant7374 »

bongodongobob wrote: post #29
cactusplant7374 wrote: post #18

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At 7:40 today (Sunday) there was a line outside the dispensary in my town, presumably waiting for it to open. People are really in love with it.

It's 4/20 dude, it's weed Christmas.

But why do they need to buy it on that particular day? They could buy it on any of the other days of the week. I am guessing the most popular day might be Friday.

I'm not convinced that there isn't a line every Sunday.

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by dekhn »

cactusplant7374 wrote: post #45
bongodongobob wrote: post #29

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It's 4/20 dude, it's weed Christmas.

But why do they need to buy it on that particular day? They could buy it on any of the other days of the week. I am guessing the most popular day might be Friday. I'm not convinced that there isn't a line every Sunday.

It was the trifecta of high holy days (Passover, Easter, 4/20).

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by netsharc »

sv123 wrote: post #33
netsharc wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hello OP, do you work for sales? So much bluster in your site but so little substance in this answer. Is there a law mandating realtime reporting, or something, or are there just limited number of POS providers and they all have realtime API(s)? I bet the dashboard doesn't have Johnny from my street corner's transaction...

Not sure what more substance you need, we integrate with close to 30 different POS providers, that's it. There is no law mandating realtime reporting. Every transaction from thousands of retailers is represented... What more do you want to know?

This is a better answer. "Point of sale APIs" is as clear as "we get the data in JSON format", i.e. not answering the question at all.
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