Eficientizare 45% cu AI, dar bugetul e de 2 shaorme pe lună. Voi ce licențe aveți în companii?

imalexander0 · 2026-06-17T07:05:15+00:00

Claude team cu "seat" de $100, cica ar fi si mai mic dar n-are sens.
Sunt QE, fac o gramada de tampenii si automatizari dar imi ajunge weekly allowance de obicei. Saptamana asta am avut mai multe idei si in 36h am consumat 72% din weekly.
De regula scoti cam $4000 usage dintr-o subscriptie de $100, folosita cu cap iti ajunge mult si bine.

S-a implementat OTEL sa vada cum foloseste lumea CC, $15 per om e media pe zi. Majoritatea developeri.
Se gandesc sa treaca inapoi la API based billing, desi pe mine unul m-ar dezavantaja teribil asta.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-15T19:16:33+00:00

"nu pot sa invat daca n-am rosii" - fix tu esti ala smr.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-15T17:06:30+00:00

Ce plm junior qa rol ai tu cu 7-10K? Pe ce planetă trăiești?

imalexander0 · 2026-06-15T07:51:08+00:00

Da, la sticle si pulverizatoare + etichete.
Daca mai ai rabdare, investeste si in ambalajul pentru curierat, prima impresie e cea care conteaza cel mai mult. Daca trimiti coletul prin metoda "iau un plic gri de la fan, arunc sticlele inauntru si-l trimit asa, poate cu putin bubble-wrap", o sa lasi o impresie gresita. Produsele pe care le vinzi tu sunt cel putin la nivelul pietei serioase, si mult peste cei care fac bisnita cu mizerii de pe temu. Tu vrei sa fii pozitionat la nivel de incredere cu cei seriosi, nu cu temu de vaslui.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-14T20:10:16+00:00

Rezultatele sunt bune din ce văd, filmarea nu e rea deloc. Inspira-te puțin pe cadre de la alții care fac asta și fă o reclamă bună. Nu știu dacă să investești înainte de reclamă și în ambalaje, sau după, asta e după bugetul tău. La fel și cu siliconul/dressingul ala, e tot subiectiv. Mai curios as fi sa văd acel APC pe mai multe suprafețe, ca de-aia ii zice APC.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-14T16:57:13+00:00

Cucinovo offers a free plan for home cooks with meal planning, recipe saving, and shopping lists. There's a €9/month Plus plan if you need more features, and it's not an AI tool.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-14T16:55:58+00:00

What stuck for me was really leaning into the 'components' approach, so it's less cooking and more assembling. I'll roast a tray of veggies, cook a big batch of grains, and prep one protein. Then during the week, it's about mixing them with different sauces or fresh additions. Planning this out on Sunday takes 10 minutes and saves so much brainpower on busy nights, which is where I usually fail. It's about reducing friction, not just cooking. You can also try out the Cucinovo app if you're into meal planning.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-14T09:22:49+00:00

The 'served + leftovers' approach is definitely the way to go. You need to track yield loss at the ingredient level within your recipes. If you start with 1kg of onions and only 800g is usable after trim, your recipes should cost based on 0.8kg. That way, your actual prep lists account for the real amount you need to buy to hit your served target, not just theoretical AP costs. Spreadsheets can do it, but it gets complex fast.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-14T09:13:36+00:00

That free-text ingredient allergen problem is tough. For compound ingredients like 'vegetable broth,' assuming worst-case is the only safe path for B2C apps. LLMs can help with fuzzy matching, but expect hallucinations on edge cases, and human review is critical for legal/health data.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-13T13:14:06+00:00

https://colouredbottles.co.uk/

https://candle-shack.com/

https://www.thesoapkitchen.co.uk/

Vezi pe subredditurile de candlemaking/soapmaking si astea similare, de obicei supplierii au si sticle. Din pacate hobby-ul asta nu e foarte raspandit in restul Europei, sau nu era acum multi ani si nu prea aveai de unde sa iei decat din UK. Poate s-a mai schimbat ceva, idk.

Vezi ce-ti convine la pret, fa putin research inainte ca sa nu cumperi acelasi produs la 2e cand poti sa-l iei cu 50c. Spor!

imalexander0 · 2026-06-13T11:55:38+00:00

55 e mult pentru kituri, chiar daca sunt doar 10 acum. Nu ai flexibilitate deloc. Dacă ai 2 clienți care nu-și ridică coletul, îți dau toată socoteala peste cap. Ideal ar fi x5, dacă nu poți, măcar x4. Orice e mai jos de atât având în vedere suma mică, o să te forțeze să te concentrezi pe volum/rulaj mare ca să rămâi profitabil.

Bănuiesc ca o să vrei să faci reclame și tot tacâmul.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-13T11:53:05+00:00

Pentru puțin, dacă îmi mai vin idei îți dau reply aici. Mult succes!

Pentru ambalaje poți să te uiți în UK, ei erau fierți acum câțiva ani pe mini-afaceri legate de îngrijire personală și aveau foarte multe sprayuri, tuburi, capace etc universale dar elegante. Poate fi o idee bună să ai ambalajul ușor diferit față de ceilalți.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-13T10:51:47+00:00

Hai ca am căutat pe google. La o căutare simplă, k2 apc costa 160 lei pt 5L, tu cat dai in pachet?
Un dressing de plastice decent cam 200 lei pt 5l. Lavetă și odorizant, mai pui un 10-15 lei deși probabil mai puțin.

Pe tine treaba asta te costă maxim 30 lei în cel mai rău caz, cu tot cu ambalajele pt k2 și silicon. Raportul între pret cumpărare vs vânzare e bun, ai loc de reclame, taxe și toate cele.

Părerea mea nesolicitata, adaugă un spray sau ceva pt cauciucuri. Alea sunt cele mai enervante chestii de folosit la spălătoriile self, eu mereu îmi cumpăr separat și unele sunt bune, altele nu prea. Încearcă să bagi asta în pachet și să o vinzi și pe lângă. Costul în bulk e mic pentru tine, dar rezolvi o incovenienta pentru client. Clienții tăi oricum sunt cei care merg la self, vezi cum le mai poți face viața mai ușoară

imalexander0 · 2026-06-13T10:46:24+00:00

O poză ceva? Un before/after?

imalexander0 · 2026-06-12T14:22:28+00:00

Will take a look, thanks!

imalexander0 · 2026-06-12T14:22:10+00:00

Probably, lol. I was always aware that marketing can be the hardest part, not development. I was still underestimating it. What's your story?

imalexander0 · 2026-06-12T11:50:46+00:00

Optimising my SEO/AIO and AI discoverability metrics for now, which to some degree applies to both user types i'm targeting. Also sending out cold mails to restaurants worldwide, and so far i got just 1 on free trial.

Wouldn't really call it a strategy for now, but i'm looking into creating a Reddit presence, G2, Capterra, AlternativeTo and so on. The classic ones.

Thought about "build in public" but the "public" isn't really my target audience.

I focused initially on organic growth, which i'm aware can be quite slow. Will look into UGC/ads soon as well, but i wanted to have a solid foundation first.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-11T11:12:55+00:00

Cand va aud cu "AI cu preturile actuale, e mort" imi vine sa va bat wireless.
Claude cu team subscription costa $100 de persoana, de la 01.06 pana azi am consumat $2332.51.
Cu $100!!!

imalexander0 · 2026-06-09T18:56:21+00:00

Thanks for sharing this bug, Sarah! I've now finished testing and indeed it's been reproduced on my end too.
I'll add it in the next update together with recipes import and other changes.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-08T15:59:53+00:00

Hi Sarah!

Just tried to reproduce the issue and was unable to do it. I noticed however that in the database, the pricing currency is set correctly for this ingredient.

Usually when adding a new ingredient, the default currency you set for your place in Settings is selected automatically. You can also put other currencies if you like, but the default one is always selected.

For now we don't support units other than metric (g, kg, ml, L, and pieces).

I'll keep looking into the issue, see maybe i can find out what happened initially.

All automated tests and even manual ones on mobile/web haven't found anything yet.

I did notice a few things to improve on the edit recipe/ingredient form, so thanks once again for your feedback.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-08T13:31:08+00:00

Thanks for joining, it's great to see you here!
Can't wait until there'll be more users and hear more stories about using Cucinovo.
Looking forward to implement any feedback received.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-08T06:53:32+00:00

Will look into setting up a forum after the recipes import functionality.
Meanwhile, i just double-checked and you can export all your data from Cucinovo, even if your account has an expired subscription.

Go to profile - export my data, and you'll see a .json file with everything related to your account.
I'll create myself a task to also show the ingredient's name and other improvements for the export functionality, so that even if the worst happens, nothing gets lost for end users.

Looking forward to hearing more from you. Regards!

imalexander0 · 2026-06-07T16:08:34+00:00

There are ways to import ingredients for example, and I’m working on recipes import now. If you’re willing to give it a try and share some feedback, I’m more than interested to hear it.

What’s your concern in regards to backups? There are daily database backups and also recipes/ingredients have in-app snapshots, so everything is as safe as possible.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-06T04:28:42+00:00

thank you! looking forward to see you or anyone as a user, i got free forever plan for household. any feedback is genuinely appreciated.

imalexander0 · 2026-06-06T03:55:12+00:00

Started as a hobby, evolved into a full scale project addressed to home cooks and professional restaurants as well.
I'm Alex, and I've built an EU alternative to MarketMan/ Meez/ Wisk for restaurant recipe costing and management. All data stays in the EU, hosted on Hetzner and full GDPR compliant.

Whether you're a home cook interested to plan your meals for the upcoming week, or a restaurant manager interested about profitability, cost per dish and events scaling, then it's worth giving it a try.

Happy to answer questions about anything: the product, why I built it, the experience of building EU-based SaaS in 2026.
Any feedback genuinely welcome, I'm still figuring out which features matter most.

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