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Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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41 points sv123 | 2 comments | 20 Apr 25 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source

Built this dashboard to visualize cannabis sales in real time across North America during 4/20. The data updates live from thousands of dispensary POS transactions as the day unfolds.

Under the hood, we’re using Estuary for data streaming and Tinybird to power super fast analytical queries. The charts are made in Tremor and the map is D3.

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ivape ◴[20 Apr 25 21:46 UTC] No.43746739[source]▶
Walk-in sales indicate these stores are everywhere. It's kind of scary to be honest.
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cactusplant7374 ◴[20 Apr 25 23:01 UTC] No.43747172[source]▶
At 7:40 today (Sunday) there was a line outside the dispensary in my town, presumably waiting for it to open. People are really in love with it.
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bongodongobob ◴[21 Apr 25 01:19 UTC] No.43747778[source]▶
It's 4/20 dude, it's weed Christmas.
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1. cactusplant7374 ◴[21 Apr 25 18:33 UTC] No.43754993[source]▶
But why do they need to buy it on that particular day? They could buy it on any of the other days of the week. I am guessing the most popular day might be Friday.

I'm not convinced that there isn't a line every Sunday.

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2. dekhn ◴[21 Apr 25 19:32 UTC] No.43755562[source]▶
It was the trifecta of high holy days (Passover, Easter, 4/20).