Show HN: rexipie – now we're cooking with ai (rexipie.com)

4 points by jakear 3y ago ↗ HN

Like many of y'all, I've long been annoyed by recipe websites. This project attempts to fix a few main pain points:

- Cut out the fluff: whether you start form an existing recipe via URL, or let the GPT start fresh with some flavor text, there's no scrolling through pages of background story, instead the content is always front and center

- Inline where possible: I've never understood why ingredients and instructions are always listed separately. It results in constant scrolling back and forth between sections. Here, the amount of the ingredient is put right into the rest of the instructions.

- Built in timers: If a recipe is telling me to set a timer for 30 minutes, why should I need to go to another app to set it? This uses includes timers directly in the recipe and uses web push where possible to send you a notification when your steps are complete.

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bbor 3y ago ↗

Interesting stuff! I will say as a basic UI request: it's very much a good thing to highlight a small amount of content at one time, and let the rest "fade" a bit - consider rethinking the fat bright orange borders on everything. Maybe some grey borders? Just my opinion.

Love your opinions on inlining and timers - never thought about those

jakear 3y ago ↗

Thanks! Yeah I had considered allowing some sort of theming interface because I do like the borders but understand how others might not. For what it’s worth in dark mode the borders are made a little smaller.

But I wanted to get a usable thing out before messing around with that.