I cant cook without this PWA(progressive web app)

1 5 1 year ago

Looking for alpha testers to provide feedback on my PWA:

I'm practically always cooking with a phone these days. So, I thought I'd make my own app to combat some of the UIUX challenges I think most home cooks still face these days. Despite a plethora of cooking apps.

It's far from perfect, but I think Android users will be delighted with the Web Share workflow. It's the most frictionless way to obtain recipe from the browser(imo).

It's just a recipe scraper now, but I hope to make it more of a tool to help encourage people to steadily level up their cooking game.

I have a general idea where I want to take the UIUX, but this a side quest that I'm avoiding until I include more core utility/functionality.

I gave my self a deadline to post this by March 31st. So here it is in all it's unpolished glory. ----

Note on pricing/cost(since you must bring your own keys):

Each recipe conversion API costs are typically fractions of a cent. You can pretty much enjoy this "pay as you go" model and not go above $1.00 the whole year. Which seems fair(to me) for you to foot that bill. The costs I incur are the monthly server and development costs. I'll have to come up with a way to afford these if it gets MAU, but I think donations would be all I need to keep this going.

I think the primary reason the avg young person doesn't adopt the plethora of cooking apps out there is that: the payment structure is out of balance. I have a lot of speculations why, but i think I'll leave that for another post. ----

PS- Favorite feature:

cooking facts/quotes.

mguerville• 1 year ago

But what does it do? The landing page is very rough and gives me no idea why I should entrust it with my OpenAI API key

theflyestpilot3• 1 year ago

Yah this is what I was afraid of. The UI is kinda rough. I need to go back to the drawing board with building trust in that regard.

I guess technically you could put a spending limit on it, but from your perspective that's a really long onboarding flow.

See the " ...why install? " link.

The PWA really is only useful when it's installed. It makes it really easy to send a recipe from the browser directly into the pwa. Bypassing having to scroll through any ads.

codingdave• 1 year ago

Totally unclear why I'd take a recipe I already have, and go to this app to convert it...to what, exactly?

Also, phones and kitchens do not mix well. You are fighting a battle trying to get people to adopt electronic devices in an environment full of water, heat, food, etc.

theflyestpilot3• 1 year ago

Question. Are you referring to converting a hardcopy of a recipe you already have?

Personally, I like taking a snapshot(s) of a recipe from cookbooks I own. That way I can bring my phone into the kitchen and leave the recipe book out of the splash zone.

I'm pretty sure people these days frequent their phone to obtain/cook with a recipe they got from the internet. Not everyone does, but I'd wager it's pretty common.

I cant cook without this PWA(progressive web app)

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