Building a Restaurant Operating System as Infrastructure (OpenAPI + MCP + AI Discovery)
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Building a Restaurant Operating System as Infrastructure (OpenAPI + MCP + AI Discovery) Most restaurant software today is built around marketplaces. Orders, customers, and operations are often controlled by third-party platforms. I’ve been working on a different approach: treating restaurant software as infrastructure, not as a marketplace layer. What is ECTA? ECTA is a Restaurant Operating System (ROS) designed as a first-party infrastructure platform.