InSeason
Consumer and social
seasonal food guide
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14points
17comments
#2,026of 3,028 in 2020
Top 67%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice idea and useful for seasonal eating
From 2 comments
In season where? Nice though - I've wanted this to exist, but haven't been so motivated to build it - thanks!
OJFord on HNsame here - I had created a document with some of the vegetables and the best months to eat them that my mom had told me about but this is much better :)
clemstation on HN
Objections
Green bar meaning and days-remaining display were unclear
From 2 comments
I really don't understand what the green bar represents. Also how do some vegetables have 675 days left, wouldn't that be all year?
slow_donkey on HNGotcha. I expected the bar to be relative to the other produce. I guess I don't really care that a vegetable is 105/200 days remaining because the total length of that specific…
slow_donkey on HN
Only covers EU season, not location-specific
From 1 comment
Ah so it's now all out of season for me in the UK.. ;) I wasn't sure if the flag was to indicate that it just your citizenship. If you wanted to build on it further, I think…
OJFord on HN
Requests
Show out-of-season vegetables
From 2 comments
Looks neat! I'd be curious to see what's out of season though - as anything missing here makes me question if it's simply not supported by the website, or if it's not in season.
adkadskhj on HNIt would be nice to see also “out of season” vegetables, so that I don’t have to assume that if it’s not on this graphic that it’s out of season.
NYCHomosapien on HN
Add location filtering
From 1 comment
Ah so it's now all out of season for me in the UK.. ;) I wasn't sure if the flag was to indicate that it just your citizenship. If you wanted to build on it further, I think…
OJFord on HN
Questions
In season where?
From 1 comment
In season where? Nice though - I've wanted this to exist, but haven't been so motivated to build it - thanks!
OJFord on HN
What about CO2 subscript display?
From 1 comment
What about CO<subscript>2</subscript>?
bioinformatics on HN
Alternatives named
A document of vegetables and months
From 1 comment
same here - I had created a document with some of the vegetables and the best months to eat them that my mom had told me about but this is much better :)
clemstation on HN
Wikidata-based seasonal data
From 1 comment
I really over-complicated it, thinking that the data's so not-proprietary and generally useful that it really should be in Wikidata, and then the app just lightweight wrapper…
OJFord on HN