mileswen

Re:Apply HN: AccoSearch – AI-Based O2O Search Engine on Friday April 08, 2016 @12:11PM (#11455747)

All existing price comparisons websites (Google Shopping, PriceGrabber etc.) were meant to compare prices among e-commerce websites only. For instance, try "nexus 6 san francisco", Google Shopping will give you 10+ purchase links. But if you want to physically try this phone before buying it, or if you have to get a new phone today and can't wait for the shipment, Google Shopping will say that there are only three places in SF where you can get it (all BestBuy). This is obviously wrong. This is the gap our product fills. We allow you to search products available on most e-commerce websites (the easy part) as well as in most physical stores (the hard part).

Apply HN: AccoSearch – AI-Based O2O Search Engine

Posted by mileswen on Friday April 08, 2016 @11:02AM
from the self-post dept.

AccoSearch is an O2O search engine that helps you find the best place to buy things you want. It is similar to Yelp. But instead of asking you to search business names and categories, AccoSearch allows you to directly search for the product you are looking for. For instance, by typing "leather jacket", AccoSearch will show you a list of leather jackets being sold in all stores around you. If...

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Re:Ask HN: What would you use to build a super simple web app? on Monday March 28, 2016 @10:41PM (#11379147)

I think either Django or Ruby on Rails would do. You can roll out these basic functionalities in less than 2 hours if you are reasonably familiar with these frameworks.