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I run [link redacted] as a web based saas.

It is a relatively lightweight web app that tracks food in your pantry. It gives you an estimate on how long you could survive on it. It is intended as a tool for preppers but also works for anyone with OCD about their pantry contents.

Business has picked some this last year. I'm working on expanding the product data, general usability, and some actual marketing.


Cool idea. As someone who sees value in having a buffer of food for many reasons, I've signed up and will inventory the stuff in my basement.

I hope you don't mind a few unsolicited thoughts. Expiration dates wasn't an obvious feature from the website. I was about to ask about it here until I watched the video. Maybe put some screenshots from the app onto the page with a more verbose feature list so it's more easily scannable?

If the app could break down calories by food group or macronutrient it would help keep inventory balanced.

Would you mind emailing me? I may have encountered a bug. giegs.hn@proton.me


I run personal food storage inventory system as a webapp/pwa: [link redacted]

Front end runs Vue 2 with Quasar, JsBarcode, custom service worker, and PouchDB for local data persistence. The stack is optimized for ease of adding features with the pre-build GUI components, and front end PouchDB facilitates offline capability as well as keeping a user's various clients in sync.

The backend uses an nginx proxy to CouchDB for data persistence and replication, a small node.js API, and product data from various free repositories. CouchDB serves as the master store as well as the hub of replicating data between clients on the same account.

The architecture and tech choices are very closely tied to client desires. Clients planning for disasters demand the software continue to function offline or in degraded network environments, so this feature drives the overall offline-first data architecture. Data needs to remain in sync across a family's devices so the replication and keeping all the clients up to date is a big value add.


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