A cashier scanned the same product 300 times today.

A cashier scanned the same product 300 times today.

Think about that for a second.

If every scan takes just one extra tap, that’s 300 unnecessary taps in a single day.

Most POS apps are designed around features.

TinyPOS is designed around repetition.

Because selling isn’t something you do once.

You repeat the same actions hundreds of times every day.

Scan.

Scan.

Scan.

Checkout.

Receipt.

Repeat.

That completely changed how I think about product design.

Instead of asking:

“What feature should I build next?”

I started asking:

“What tap can I remove?”

Some of the biggest improvements in TinyPOS came from that question.

Not flashy features.

Just tiny improvements that save a second or two every time someone sells a product.

• Continuous barcode scanning
• Recently Added items
• Faster checkout
• Better product search
• Hold Order
• Quick Return

None of these features sound revolutionary.

But if they save 2 seconds per sale, and a shop processes hundreds of sales every day…

That adds up surprisingly fast.

Sometimes the biggest productivity gain doesn’t come from adding another feature.

It comes from removing one unnecessary tap.

What repetitive task do you think software should make disappear?

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