The Garden: Instacart's Physical Staging Environment (tech.instacart.com)

124 points by shiftb 9y ago ↗ HN

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That's fancy! Thanks for sharing!

mhw 9y 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

HorizonXP 9y ago ↗

Thanks for the link! pghero and chartkick look very useful!

[dead] chrisjensen08 9y ago ↗

Lol honestly seems like a waste.

But +1 for the open source contributions, didn't know that.

Animats 9y ago ↗

Those are fairly common. Most big retailers have a test store. Some are just for in-house use, and some have real customers.

bound008 9y 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.