FeastGenius
Productivity
recipe organizer
SHOW HN2019
422points
168comments
#46of 2,195 in 2019
Top 3%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 6 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, ad-free recipe site
From 2 comments
FINALLY, a recipe site, which is not drowning in ads! How refreshing.
paines on HNGreat work. I love coming across projects like these. Inspires me to "hack" and generally maintains my enthusiasm when the job doesn't. A suggestion: - remove the delayed image…
navs on HN
Macro search is useful
From 1 comment
Cool project, I love that you can search by macros. A few points: 1. Clipping recipes from different websites can be quite challenging because of the varying html structures. I…
benawad on HN
Objections
Recipe instructions are hidden behind links to original sites
From 1 comment
For this project, I used Spoonaculars API for clipping recipes. I would be very interested in creating my own, similar to what you did. That would give me more control over the…
x86mitch on HN
Sign-up lacks social login and email validation
From 1 comment
I like that you decided to not force users to connect to a social login, but I would have liked the option. Not a problem for me as I use a password manager, but having that…
m-p-3 on HN
Recipe with an XSS payload appeared on the front page
From 1 comment
https://www.feastgenius.com/recipes/javascript-alert-quot-xss-quot-cjagaq You might want to add/move up reporting to the feature list -- this recipe is currently on the front page.
hardwaresofton on HN
Requests
Metric and US unit conversion
From 2 comments
I quite like this - I have one suggestion though. Please convert between US measurements and metric. I much prefer metric and for this reason tend to stick to UK/European…
bpye on HNLooks pretty neat. One thing that could be useful would be to able swap between metric/freedom units.
yoz-y on HN
Plant-based or dietary filters
From 2 comments
Nice work. Since you've got this far I'll tell you about an idea I've had in the back of my mind for years: 1) Slurp in as many recipes as possible from the internet. 2) Create a…
jv22222 on HNI would use this if you had a category/filter for plant based recipes.
gpickett00 on HN
Email export to Kindle
From 1 comment
Another wish would be able to export (email) to my kindle. Using a normal device is kind of a pain but I can let my kindle keep the screen on for a long time and it's readable…
bpye on HN
Questions
How are macros obtained and verified?
From 1 comment
How do you obtain the macros? Via API to MyFitnessPal or a similar service? How do you make sure macros are accurate?
boyka on HN
How does it differ from Paprika or CopyMeThat?
From 2 comments
I tried a few similar sites recently and settled on Paprika[1]. Not a big fan of their pricing plan (pay per client) but they work OK otherwise and I think they're probably the…
crummy on HNHow is this different then the app/website CopyMeThat? I use that app all the time on my ipad to save recipes from random sites to my own "recipe book"
SpyKiIIer on HN
Alternatives named
Paprika
From 1 comment
I tried a few similar sites recently and settled on Paprika[1]. Not a big fan of their pricing plan (pay per client) but they work OK otherwise and I think they're probably the…
crummy on HN
CopyMeThat
From 1 comment
How is this different then the app/website CopyMeThat? I use that app all the time on my ipad to save recipes from random sites to my own "recipe book"
SpyKiIIer on HN
AnyList
From 1 comment
Pretty happy user of anylist[1] here: contains all my recipes, when I go to the shop I just select a few recipes and have a shopping list. [1]: https://www.anylist.com/
ako on HN
Saffron
From 1 comment
Cool project, I love that you can search by macros. A few points: 1. Clipping recipes from different websites can be quite challenging because of the varying html structures. I…
benawad on HN