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AI built his renovation shopping list and found discounts worth about 2,000 dollars

AI built his renovation material list and looked for discounts, saving about 2,000 dollars (watch for fuller sibling telling 50013796, dedupe by case facts at merge).

$2,000

How it works

  1. The AI builds the renovation material list
  2. Hunts for discounts on the items
  3. The savings come to about 2,000 dollars

Why it’s worth knowing

The list and the deal hunting came together, not as separate chores.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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