Show HN: Trying to eat better? I built a nutrional assistant

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Post by dammsaturn » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:29 PM UTC

I spent 3 years building an e-commerce side project to order groceries online, which later pivoted in the last 6 months to a complete Ai nutrional assitant, that can personalize meal plans, recipes, meal suggestions, and even scrape the internet for where to purchase grocery items in your chat.

Show HN: Trying to eat better? I built a nutrional assistant
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#2

Post by bluetidepro » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

Seems like a cool idea at a very high level, but I feel like the homepage needs a lot more context than what it has. How it works, what it does, best way to use it, etc.

Also, just a heads up that the chat window is a bit broken on mobile. It has some weird scroll hijacking that breaks chats.

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Post by upheaval7276 » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

AI_ERROR Failed to generate content. Please try again.

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Post by Disposal8433 » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

"Failed to generate content. Please try again." when I ask a question.

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Post by sometimes_all » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:50 PM UTC

I keep seeing "Failed to generate content. Please try again.".

It's a bit difficult for me to know what sort of questions I can ask this assistant. Maybe a few examples might help?

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Post by gritlin » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:50 PM UTC

Not sure how to use this. May be a video might be helpful. Thanks!

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#7

Post by crab_galaxy » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:51 PM UTC

I’m interested based on the title but I have no idea how to use it. I think a placeholder prompt or basic instruction would go a long way, otherwise it just looks like a chatGPT clone

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Post by add-sub-mul-div » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:53 PM UTC

bluetidepro wrote: post #2

Seems like a cool idea at a very high level, but I feel like the homepage needs a lot more context than what it has. How it works, what it does, best way to use it, etc. Also, just a heads up that the chat window is a bit broken on mobile. It has some weird scroll hijacking that breaks chats.

Is it a cool idea, though, to turn over your health to a system that's both nondeterministic and opaque?

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Post by freilanzer » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:53 PM UTC

> "BAZ-1, your nutrutional AI assistant"

Nutritional. I created a recipe but I cannot scroll up (in Firefox) since it immediately skips back to the bottom, so I can't read all of it.

Interesting idea though! I'll try it.

Edit: the shopping part takes a while, then it works.

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Post by freilanzer » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 2:54 PM UTC

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #8

bluetidepro wrote: post #2

Seems like a cool idea at a very high level, but I feel like the homepage needs a lot more context than what it has. How it works, what it does, best way to use it, etc. Also, just a heads up that the chat window is a bit broken on mobile. It has some weird scroll hijacking that breaks chats.

Is it a cool idea, though, to turn over your health to a system that's both nondeterministic and opaque?

I don't see a problem with a recipe generator?