On: Show HN: Cookie Recipe Generator

[tshaddox]

I did something similar with a recent useless Saturday toy project, if the source code helps anyone.

https://17dollarphone.com/

https://github.com/baddox/17dollarphone

[captbaritone → tshaddox]

I clicked through to your site and played with it a bit. Nice idea, and well executed! Then I hit back to come back to HN... seventeen clicks later, I’m back. Might be nice to update the URL without adding a history entry.

[tshaddox → captbaritone]

Ha yeah, very good point. I thought it was neat to have the entire state of the app in the URL and use the back button to demonstrate that, but yes, I should probably be replacing history instead of pushing.

[smichel17 → tshaddox]

Suggestion: Push once after every complete phone, but replace after an intermediate state. That way the back button goes through a list of complete combinations you tried, without forcing you to walk back individual steps.

[jonplackett → captbaritone]

Haha. Exact same

[jonplackett → tshaddox]

Nice idea. Just proved I don’t really want a $17 phone. What’s with the price point? What were you setting out to prove?

[xaner4 → jonplackett]

I think his idea of this website is based of one of MKBHD videos https://youtu.be/u41Zt6z5s7A

[tshaddox → jonplackett]

It’s based on a tweet from tech reviewer MKBHD, the link is in the footer of the site.

[anthonymelchett → tshaddox]

thanks!