Creating a Storage Container Organization Service

2026-04-04

Naming is historically one of the hardest problems in computer science, “Storage Container Organization Service” is not a great name but this kind of thing is hard to pin down. If instead we think about the problem it becomes clearer. You have a basement or storage room where you need to keep things which don’t need to be out all the time or are kept for a very specific purpose. The containers often look like this:

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Once you put something in a container recalling where something is can be difficult and often you must resort to checking multiple bins to find what you were looking for.

There are many tech related options to solve this problem but it seemed simple enough for me to create my own self hosted solution.

Developing a solution

I’ll outline how I went about building the software for the assistant which could help you build something similar.

Defining the problem

Designing a Solution

Iteration

Actual Use