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The Garden: Instacart's Physical Staging Environment
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tech.instacart.com
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shiftb
3415 days ago
3 comments
mhw
3414 days ago
Off topic, but I wanted to highlight the open source contributions that Instacart have made. Have a look at all the good stuff at
https://github.com/ankane
- chartkick, ahoy, pghero, searchkick, blazer and more.
Edit: should also have linked to
https://www.instacart.com/opensource
link
HorizonXP
3414 days ago
Thanks for the link! pghero and chartkick look very useful!
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Animats
3414 days ago
Those are fairly common. Most big retailers have a test store. Some are just for in-house use, and some have real customers.
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bound008
3414 days ago
Michael Drexler gave the same advice to Steve Jobs before they opened their first Apple Store. They instantly realized they got the whole thing wrong.
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bpicolo
3414 days ago
That's fancy! Thanks for sharing!
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Edit: should also have linked to https://www.instacart.com/opensource