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His weekly menu turns into a Walmart pickup order by itself, passed between three of his computers

He set up a message bus between his server, his desktop and his laptop. He makes the menu for the week on the server, the ingredients get sent to the desktop, and the laptop places the Walmart order for pickup after work. He checks the order on his phone before pickup to make sure it did not add staples like aluminum foil by mistake, and he says it works pretty well.

How it works

  1. Make the menu on the server
  2. The message bus sends the ingredients to the desktop
  3. The laptop places the Walmart order
  4. He checks the order on his phone and picks it up after work

Why it’s worth knowing

Three machines pass the shopping list between them like staff, and his only job is checking the order did not buy aluminum foil.

Where it’s from

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

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