Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
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Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
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Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#2Hi HN
I wanted to be able to search recipes from sources I knew I could trust. I also wanted a way to sort recipes by rating and include and exclude ingredients I already had.
Going forward, I aim to add more sources, better ingredient filtering (hierarchical) and more dimensions (cuisine, meal time, etc.)
Let me know what you think! One thing I struggled with was whether to includes mode with pictures or not. I can’t decide if the loss in info density is worth the benefit.
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#3Hi HN I wanted to be able to search recipes from sources I knew I could trust. I also wanted a way to sort recipes by rating and include and exclude ingredients I already had. Going forward, I aim to add more sources, better ingredient filtering (hierarchical) and more dimensions (cuisine, meal time, etc.) Let me know what you think! One thing I struggled with was whether to includes mode with pictures or not. I can’…
I applaud your effort.
Building is the first step, sustaining is the second.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Figure out how to sustain the site and info density will become less of an issue.
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#4Hi HN I wanted to be able to search recipes from sources I knew I could trust. I also wanted a way to sort recipes by rating and include and exclude ingredients I already had. Going forward, I aim to add more sources, better ingredient filtering (hierarchical) and more dimensions (cuisine, meal time, etc.) Let me know what you think! One thing I struggled with was whether to includes mode with pictures or not. I can’…
I found it kinda cool to read the names, but with most, I couldn't even imagine what it is. May be showing images is a good idea. For mobile, I would leave it like now, but add a possibility to scroll within each result by tap & drag to see the images
(A few links showed 404 btw)
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#5You've got some ingredients that don't map to any recipes, e.g. "tofu scramble".
Also please add a facets like feature to avoid the user selecting combinations of ingredients that don't match any recipes.
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#6All recipes are 404 not found
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#7Hi HN I wanted to be able to search recipes from sources I knew I could trust. I also wanted a way to sort recipes by rating and include and exclude ingredients I already had. Going forward, I aim to add more sources, better ingredient filtering (hierarchical) and more dimensions (cuisine, meal time, etc.) Let me know what you think! One thing I struggled with was whether to includes mode with pictures or not. I can’…
I love the speed! I agree with other comments about the pictures. They help to skim so I think they add to information density in a way.
I would remove the author column personally, and maybe you could remove " reviews" in the reviews column (just show the number) and show the time as a number in minutes? If no time provided just show nothing.
If you add pictures you could have the option to show as a grid, similar to a file explorer. In the list view you could have a small picture with a bigger one when you hover?
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#8Aside from everything going to 404, the front page table design is a bit crowded. Maybe there's some way you can even that out a bit. Otherwise, very nice.
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#9Hi HN I wanted to be able to search recipes from sources I knew I could trust. I also wanted a way to sort recipes by rating and include and exclude ingredients I already had. Going forward, I aim to add more sources, better ingredient filtering (hierarchical) and more dimensions (cuisine, meal time, etc.) Let me know what you think! One thing I struggled with was whether to includes mode with pictures or not. I can’…
Nice work!
I'm curious how you're parsing ingredients. I built a keto recipe search tool a few years ago[0], and I got so into the ingredient parsing problem that I spun that off into a separate service.[1] I still maintain the open source version, if you're interested in using that for stovetop.[2]
Re: Show HN: I built a no-BS recipe search engine
#10All recipes are 404 not found
Not all, but a lot of them.