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Any practical use for this IKEA data specifically?

Or just a handy open data set you could use to prove out the concept?

I assumed it's because IKEA is famous for flat packing its furniture.

Exactly! IKEA removes the air from the box to save space, CommerceTXT removes the HTML/JSON bloat to save tokens. You made my day!

> IKEA removes the air from the box to save space

Huh? I don't think that's true, there usually is some sort of structural elements inside of the package, meant to be thrown away (usually made with cardboard/paper), and all Ikea boxes definitively have lots of air inside of them, not sure what would make you say otherwise, unless it's some joke I'm missing?

A box that contained a fully assembled kitchen table would contain a lot more air. I think that comment just meant IKEA designs items that can be packaged into a minimal volume.

Ah yes, on second reading it's actually pretty obvious that is what parent meant and I was reading it too literally. Thanks for the clarification, that's certainly correct :)

I've had the idea to setup an AI that automatically (re)designs a room using IKEA stuff. It would definitely help me decorate my room in a better way.

That`s great use case. If you ship it, let me know!

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