barcode scanner was perfect until a jar with a wrinkly label humbled me. manual search is getting some love now.
barcode scanner was perfect until a jar with a wrinkly label humbled me. manual search is getting some love now.
roommate request: a 'we already have this' button. shipped it. my kitchen has needed this since forever.
runway math used to make me spiral so i put it into a boring monthly checklist. turns out boring is pretty calming actually
Money planning used to happen when I felt nervous, which meant I would open a spreadsheet at midnight and make a dramatic decision based on one slow sales week. The calmer version is a short monthly check-in with the same numbers every…
Read story · 4 min readHow would you add groceries to a shared list?
We tested the list with four roommates and nobody asked who bought the hummus. I am calling the social design a win.
A shared kitchen list now suggests what is running low without turning dinner into an inventory audit.

Quote of the day“Your product learns when you listen.”
man, this one hit. keeping it pinned for a bit
pantry + fridge have separate lists now. obvious once somebody said it out loud. (why did i make them share one??)
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Kitchen inventory for roommates who keep buying the same oat milk.