[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":868},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-42036041":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":36,"aspects":37,"strip":48,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":90,"maker_in_thread":206,"shape":217,"grid":222,"attempts":832,"same_week":833,"maker_shows":47,"maker_hidden":860,"reader_version":861,"card":862},"42036041","Meal Planner Dinner Ideas","Tinder, but to decide what to eat","title","Show HN: Tinder, but to decide what to eat","https:\u002F\u002Fwhatdinner.com\u002F","whatdinner.com","kiru_io",1730667365,2024,266,222,271,3515,8,"legend","consumer_social","meal decision app","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"dinner decision","what to eat","meal ideas","couples app","recipe swipe","mixed",-0.184,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":35},13,43,5,31,92,{"idea":38,"design":41,"pricing":44,"execution":46},{"positive":39,"critical":40},7,17,{"positive":42,"critical":43},1,2,{"positive":45,"critical":18},0,{"positive":42,"critical":47},4,[49,47,45,45,45,42,45,45,45,45,45,49,49,42,49,47,43,49,47,43,49,47,43,49,47,42,42,45,45,45,42,45,42,42,42,45,42,47,42,43],3,"Hello HN,\n\nMy girlfriend and I waste too much energy to decide what to eat. Every day, we would text each other, \"what do we eat tonight\" messages, and go over options and many times spend too much time on deciding. I am an indie dev and created this app to solve my own problem: decide with my girlfriend what to eat for dinner.\n\nInitially, I created a simple app, in which we listed all the recipes we ever prepared, and it would propose randomly three of them. We would then choose together one of them. This app[0]  turned into a tinder-like app, which would propose every day a set of recipes to",{"problem":52,"audience":58,"pricing":62,"motivation":74,"time_to_build":78,"stack":79,"openness":87,"stage":88,"team_size":89},{"value":53,"source":54,"evidence":55},"Couples waste time and energy deciding what to eat for dinner","maker",[56],{"id":57},"post",{"value":59,"source":54,"evidence":60},"Couples deciding dinner together",[61],{"id":57},{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"Subscription (around $20\u002Fyear per a commenter)","commenter",[66,70],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"42036801","CrazyStat","This is a cool idea. Unfortunately I’m not going to pay $20\u002Fyear to make deciding on dinner slightly easier. Sorry. I understand why people want subscriptions for recurring…",{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"42037901","crossroadsguy","There is absolutely ZERO case for a dedicated app for this thing - a web app is 'more than' more than enough. Glad to see a subscription fee. Totally makes sense. Without that I…",{"value":75,"source":54,"evidence":76},"Maker and girlfriend wasted energy deciding what to eat",[77],{"id":57},null,[80],{"value":81,"source":64,"evidence":82},"React Native (web version by a commenter, not the maker's app)",[83],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"42087133","hatmanstack","This sounded fun and I wanted to try it, so I built a web version. It's open-source built with React Native. The code is here https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FHatmanStack\u002Fsavorswipe or it's…","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":91,"objections":107,"requests":153,"questions":176,"alternatives":184},[92],{"value":93,"source":64,"evidence":94},"Nice idea and good execution",[95,99,103],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"42040641","bovermyer","Neat idea and good execution. However, I would not personally use this, because I plan meals for a full week in advance, trying to arrange for both a style of cuisine and for…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"42036654","KaoruAoiShiho","Actually a great idea",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"42036364","bmalum","Nice! Solving this problem with technology. Looks amazing. Well done!",[108,121,132,142],{"value":109,"source":64,"evidence":110},"Subscription pricing is too high for a simple problem",[111,112,116,120],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"42036861","dankwizard","Putting this behind a subscription is crazy.",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"42037418","passwordoops","Neat idea, but I have to echo the negative sentiment on the subscription. I get there are costs associated to running an app, but this is not a problem-solution I would pay for.…",{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},{"value":122,"source":64,"evidence":123},"Only three initial recipes shown, feels basic",[124,128],{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"42041202","woodylondon","I like the idea and face the same challenge. I’ve just installed it and, from my first impressions, it seemed a bit basic. Here’s what I expected: Hundreds of recipes that I…",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"42039462","raylad","The app is unusable to me because you have to pick three out of only four initial options, none of which appeal to me actually. Another problem is that the initial options don’t…",{"value":133,"source":64,"evidence":134},"Crashes after setting up family code",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"42037258","xttjsn","It crashes on my first three attempts after setting up the family code so I will probably not give another try :(",{"id":140,"by":137,"text":141},"42037254","It crashes on my first 3 attempts after setting up the family code, so I’ll probably not try it again.",{"value":143,"source":64,"evidence":144},"Couples can just talk to decide",[145,149],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"42040120","seu","I'm not sure if I'm getting this: people need an app to decide something that can easily be decided by... talking to each other?!",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"42040383","dmje","Weird, unlike everyone else on this thread I just don't see this as a problem to be solved. My wife and I talk to each other (I know, crazy, right?) and one of us suggests…",[154,161,169],{"value":155,"source":64,"evidence":156},"Android version",[157],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"42038136","yaomtc","Any plans to extend it to the other 60% of smartphone users?",{"value":162,"source":64,"evidence":163},"Larger recipe library or ingredient-based suggestions",[164,168],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"42037144","lucasllinasm","Is there a way with which you could expand the number of recipes available? You have a set of ingredients at home (or easily purchaseable)—an evolution of this app could have you…",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},{"value":170,"source":64,"evidence":171},"Shopping list feature",[172],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"42037599","nirui","If it's a recipe focused app, then maybe it should not be a \"swipe daily\" thing, as what's in the fridge right not maybe not matching what's on the phone, and it takes time and…",[177],{"value":178,"source":64,"evidence":179},"Does it work for more than two people?",[180],{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"42038627","excalibur","Does this only work for two people? Some of us have significantly larger households. Not that we're on iOS anyway.",[185,192,199],{"value":186,"source":64,"evidence":187},"Mealie",[188],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"42039414","wildekek","This would make sense as a Mealie extension. You have a content (recipe) bootstrapping issue.",{"value":193,"source":64,"evidence":194},"WhatToCook open-source project",[195],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"42038992","kassner","I solved this problem with a different approach: computer tells you what to cook, period. It allows some variation given you might not have all the ingredients at home, but…",{"value":200,"source":64,"evidence":201},"Shared spreadsheet of recipes",[202],{"id":203,"by":204,"text":205},"42036906","casta","I don't mean to belittle your app, I can't try it 'cause I don't have iOS. We did solve the problem in a much easier way though. We do have 40 recipes we usually cycle through. I…",{"comments":47,"answered":43,"key":207},[208,211,214],{"id":209,"text":210},"42085628","In principle, it should work with more than two people, but I haven't tested it thoroughly. Btw, I have added an Android wait list [0] [0] https:\u002F\u002Fwhatdinner.com\u002F (second button)",{"id":212,"text":213},"42039408","Dev here: that is on my to-do list, once I fixed the most common bugs in the ios version, I will start with the android version.",{"id":215,"text":216},"42051902","Dev here: Crap. Can you drop me a mail with the family code? 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