Cinc
Productivity
recipe management
SHOW HN2017
363points
152comments
#45of 2,242 in 2017
Top 3%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
29 positive, 31 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 21 critical, out of 88 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 15 for, 2 againstDesign: 7 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 11 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea applying GitHub-style forking to recipes
From 3 comments
this is a great idea. How many times have you looked at reviews on recipes.com or whatever and the first 10 include a half dozen substitutions, basically making a different end…
DerfNet on HNInteresting idea... Phrase "fork a recipe" just got a new meaning.
gyrocode on HNI really like it. I often look for a receipe with many likes online and have to read dozens of comments to adjust it... For example the receipe of some cake where nearly all…
jstoja on HN
Weight-based conversions are useful
From 1 comment
I'm a huge fan of the fact this does weight conversions (cooking by weight is now my favourite, and I've been looking for a site that is just weights, so this looks like a win to…
bruce_one on HN
Site is very fast
From 1 comment
this is a crazy fast site! can you share what you are using to host and serve it?
julee04 on HN
Objections
Recipe ingredient validation rejects common entries like 'to taste' or '1 slice'
From 2 comments
So I'm trying to submit my cheesy toast recipe as a test. Unfortunately, I can't: - "1 slice" (of bread) is not a valid quantity - "to taste" (of black pepper) is not a valid…
yellowapple on HNI went for a pretty ambitious test recipe (Heston Blumenthal's Egg in Verjus, Verjus in Egg), unfortunately I'm not able to save it - it's complaining that one of my ingredients…
jordanwallwork on HN
Cup measurements are ambiguous across US, UK and Australian sizes
From 1 comment
I'm a huge fan of the fact this does weight conversions (cooking by weight is now my favourite, and I've been looking for a site that is just weights, so this looks like a win to…
bruce_one on HN
Fork-based model is hard to apply when recipes merge several sources
From 1 comment
The idea for this has been around for a for a while. http://forkthecookbook.com/ goes back to 2012. And its an interesting idea. Recipes can't be copyrighted and and recipes are…
Jaepa on HN
Requests
Meal planning and grocery lists
From 1 comment
Nice! It is clear you put a lot of care into this, and I am sure there is a bucket full of features you want to get to, but I have a big request. What I really want is one step…
zdrummond on HN
Public API
From 2 comments
Next step: npm cook spaghetti-and-meatballs In all seriousness though, definitely looking forward to a public API. Great work!
tylerdurrett on HNI'm working on a project and having a API for recipes would be great. I see there is a mention on your ToS but I don't see where you could access it?
zitterbewegung on HN
Nutrition information
From 1 comment
This looks great! Congrats on shipping!! I like that you have a scaling feature. => https://www.cinc.kitchen/info/features I know this may be too much to ask, but if you are…
justboxing on HN
Diff view between forks
From 2 comments
This looks promising and fairly well done, but it's lacking a few critical features IMO. The first obvious one is a way to Diff a recipe and it's Forks (unless I missed that).…
NickBusey on HNThe idea for this has been around for a for a while. http://forkthecookbook.com/ goes back to 2012. And its an interesting idea. Recipes can't be copyrighted and and recipes are…
Jaepa on HN
Questions
Is the project open source?
From 2 comments
Is it open-source project? Are you looking for contributions? I am passionate cook - designer - frontenddev. I struggle with recipe sites and where to save mines. If this was…
omnimus on HNNice project, I like the format of entering new recipes. I think you will get good uptake even from users who don't know what GH is :) Is this project open source or does it plan…
fanpuns on HN
How will the site be monetized?
From 1 comment
Looks great! I'm inclined to host my recipes there. But before I do that, what is the future for this site? * Do you monetize by getting a cut from the shopping cart? * Will I be…
amadeusw on HN
Can recipes be exported?
From 1 comment
Looks great! I'm inclined to host my recipes there. But before I do that, what is the future for this site? * Do you monetize by getting a cut from the shopping cart? * Will I be…
amadeusw on HN
Alternatives named
forkthecookbook.com
From 1 comment
The idea for this has been around for a for a while. http://forkthecookbook.com/ goes back to 2012. And its an interesting idea. Recipes can't be copyrighted and and recipes are…
Jaepa on HN
forkingrecipes.com
From 1 comment
It's like http://www.forkingrecipes.com/landing
damerms on HN
git-cooking
From 1 comment
I started a teensy bit of work on something sorta like this a while ago: https://github.com/joshumax/git-cooking Glad to see somebody actually brought a similar idea to fruition :)
joshumax on HN