Building a DIY Barcode Inventory Cart

Daniel built a makeshift restocking trolley with a forked Homebox inventory system, a USB barcode scanner, and an old laptop VHB'd to a cart. In this episode, we walk through the hardware decision tree — laptop vs. tablet vs. single-board computer — and the Linux kiosk mode setup that turns a general-purpose machine into a task-specific appliance. We cover USB scanner routing, battery engineering gotchas, and whether the thin client model saves you headaches. Episode #060648 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/060648