About Bin and Begin

Bin and Begin started with two dozen moves (across states, across borders) and the same frustration at the end of each one: good things going into a dumpster because the moving truck was coming and the nerve to find them a better home had run out hours before.

That's the frustration this app exists to solve. Time runs short; the donation pile and the trash pile start looking like the same pile. The things that could have funded part of the move disappear into the landfill, unsold, alongside everything else.

I wanted the kind choice to be the easy one:

• a lamp that still works reaches your community's donation network instead of the curb
• books and clothes a neighbor actually wants don't end up in a bin
• what's left gets recycled by people nearby who know how to do it right

Before any of that: the things worth real money get listed for sale while there's still time to sell them, so the move doesn't quietly cost you twice.

The app itself is simple. Sort your belongings into bins, and it connects what's in each one to what's actually near you: a donation center, a recycling drop-off, a resale marketplace. Then it breaks the process into steps small enough to finish between boxes.

AI does exactly two things here: it transcribes what you say, so sorting doesn't mean typing with one hand while you hold a box with the other, and it pulls in information about what's available locally, so the routing is real instead of generic. The decisions about what to keep, give away, or sell stay yours. To be clear, that's the only job AI has in this app.

I built Bin and Begin for people who move the way I do: often, and usually against the clock. If you're downsizing, switching apartments, or relocating somewhere new entirely, give it a try. If something breaks, or you notice something missing, or you have an idea on how to make it better, I want to hear about it: iamastrohfiziks [at] gmail [dot] com.