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I'm working on https://reciperium.com I've added a tutorial on https://learn.reciperium.com and a playground https://play.reciperium.com and I have around 4 active users (including myself, the most active and the target for this platform haha).

In a nutshell, reciperium is the center of all my recipes, I was tired of finding recipes on different channels (youtube, reddit, instagram, google, friends, etc), and not having a place to put them. On top of that, I can fork my friend's recipes to adjust them to my taste.




I would actually use this, but I am unsure of it's pricing model and ease of backup. Perhaps I missed it somewhere. Good mobile support on my device.

Two suggestions: - automatically convert units?, eg IP from Europe assume grams on some setting, convert {Rice}(2 cups) to grams when rendered - On the timer feature, create a timer (non popup) on the rendered section so I can just one press it to track time for me without changing apps / browser tabs


Thanks for the feedback! Those features are in my roadmap, but I go at a slow rate next to my work. You'll probably see the timer before the unit conversion, as it's actually a hard problem. Did you know there's a US cup and a british cup (actually a few more)?? The problem may involve tracking the origin of the recipe if no lang is provided, or setting some defaults.

On the backup side, the easiest thing I'm introducing soon, is a "raw" button, where you can see the recipe raw, and you can download the `.recp` file. In the future, I'd like to have:

- Export all recipes and favorites

- And in case I give up with the platform: an obsidian integration, or a some kind of desktop app.

So just to be clear, I do want to have an escape hatch, even if the website doesn't succeed, I will still use the language. But, it's not my main priority at the moment.

Regarding the pricing model, I just don't see myself charging for a subscription. I've been thinking how to create a sustainable product. So far, what I have is a potential affiliate program. I want to use the recipe's materials to link to products. I think this is relative nonintrusive, and it's actually useful, because I've found myself reading a recipe and not knowing what something was, like a proofing basket, for example.

Let me know your thoughts.


Maybe export to Recipe ML[1] for a relatively portable backup format.

1. http://www.formatdata.com/recipeml/


I do have a recipe language already, see the spec:

https://github.com/reciperium/recipe-lang/blob/main/spec.md

The main problem is how I allocate my personal time to add this feature. Is quite some work, and prioritizing people leaving, instead of some other features, doesn't seem good use of my time. I barely have users, and they are all my friends haha


Nice!

Was tickled when I saw the fork feature. I’ve often thought recipe sites missed that and coming from a software dev background I guess it seems obvious where we’ve got used to forking in git. It was on the roadmap for my stab at a recipe site: https://osomatsu.net

It seems such a shame to forego a literal dinner-fork as an icon for the feature though? :)


haha I've thought about it. You are making me reconsider it, I thought the current icon would reflect the idea better.


This is really cool! And having recipes on this GitHub style gives a familiar touch


Thanks! Github has been a source of inspiration, I want to keep the UI as noiseless as possible, unlike most recipes websites




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