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McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of (2022)

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Previous and related:

how come a company founded over 100 years ago has the fastest site - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41883419 - Oct 2024 (15 comments)

McMaster-Carr: A refreshingly fast, thoughtful, and well-organized website - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34306793 - Jan 2023 (37 comments)

Best ecommerce UX practices from mcmaster.com - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34000502 - Dec 2022 (169 comments)

Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32976978 - Sept 2022 (494 comments)

McMaster-Carr: Beautifully organized and informational industrial product store - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24803857 - Oct 2020 (27 comments)

Re: McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of (2022)

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NaOH wrote: post #2

Previous and related: how come a company founded over 100 years ago has the fastest site - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41883419 - Oct 2024 (15 comments) McMaster-Carr: A refreshingly fast, thoughtful, and well-organized website - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34306793 - Jan 2023 (37 comments) Best ecommerce UX practices from mcmaster.com - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34000502 - Dec 2022 (169…

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Re: McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of (2022)

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Post by georgefrowny »

jacquesm wrote: post #4

Note they have CAD files for almost all of their products which - in combination with a 3D printer - can come in very handy.

And they download directly as files, not wrapped in a zip that you have to mess around with before you can put the actual file you need where you want it.

Re: McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of (2022)

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Post by netsharc »

georgefrowny wrote: post #8
jacquesm wrote: post #4

Note they have CAD files for almost all of their products which - in combination with a 3D printer - can come in very handy.

And they download directly as files, not wrapped in a zip that you have to mess around with before you can put the actual file you need where you want it.

That makes me wonder if "files" is a space that needs (in startup-talk) "distruption": what about a utility that applies rules to files, e.g. if you save a file in the directory unzip-me, it'll be unzipped. Or categorize files, e.g. "this email attachment is related to project A, this download is related to project B", and the utility will take care of them, e.g. by putting them in the correct directories?

Since this is HN it can't be a homebrew open-source solution, it'll have to be AI-enhanced and cost 25.99 a month. Who wants to fund me?

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