Bungholio
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SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
11 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 11 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Funny, fitting name with Beavis humor
From 3 comments
Best program name ever. We can all use some Beavis humor these days.
richwellman20 on HNI dare you to come up with a better name. This is great.
brailsafe on HNIt's not great. It's perfect.
khazhoux on HN
Useful during toilet paper shortage and scarce delivery slots
From 3 comments
Truly we needed this in these times of TP shortage.
spiritplumber on HNi need this except for delivery windows on wholefoods and amazon fresh
conroydave on HNHa, I was thinking about building this. I was able to get an order in through periodic refreshing of the delivery time selection page.
ErikAugust on HN
Objections
Name is juvenile
From 2 comments
I'm not normally one to carp about product names—there was a semi-jokey discussion about calling a shared-viewing product 'Covideo' that bothered some people, but I didn't think…
JadeNB on HNA sure way to guarantee that Apple won't buy your startup.
donarb on HN
Amazon's own app already offers stock alerts
From 1 comment
The Amazon app lets me register for push messages when products become available. Why wouldn't I just use that?
hn_throwaway_99 on HN
Requests
Support for other Amazon sites beyond amazon.com
From 1 comment
It searches for certain english text which is why it only works on amazon.com
Tepix on HN
Delivery window alerts for Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh
From 1 comment
i need this except for delivery windows on wholefoods and amazon fresh
conroydave on HN
Questions
Does it use an API or scrape the site, and how does it avoid blocks?
From 1 comment
Does it use an API or it scrapes the Amazon website? If it's the latter how do you avoid being blocked?
DeathArrow on HN
Alternatives named
Amazon app push notifications for product availability
From 1 comment
The Amazon app lets me register for push messages when products become available. Why wouldn't I just use that?
hn_throwaway_99 on HN
Whole Foods delivery scraper by mark-thompson
From 1 comment
this sorta works for whole foods: https://github.com/mark-thompson/whole-foods-deliverance
protean on HN