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I made this for fun with React and Go, its open-source if you want to hack it yourself. [1] I was inspired by the book "Make the Bread, Buy the Butter" by Jenn

by qrv3w 8y ago

I made this for fun with React and Go, its open-source if you want to hack it yourself. [1] I was inspired by the book "Make the Bread, Buy the Butter" by Jennifer Reese. I tried to continue the idea to see how much money+time it costs to continually substitute an ingredient for the recipe of that ingredient. Sorry for the ads - I use them to make back the $ spent on the domain :). I just toned them down. Please let me know if there are any other suggestions! [1]: https://github.com/schollz/recursive-recipes https://github.com/schollz/recursive-recipes

gascan 8y ago
Make the Bread, Buy the Butter Not having read the book, I'm guessing it mostly breaks along the lines of perishability? E.g. bread lasts a few weeks, butter lasts a year.
- qrv3w 8y ago
  Perishability is a factor. Other factors are start-up cost (e.g. chickens require building a coop), time, and preferred taste (some things just taste better from a store and some are better homemade). The book is more of a fun read. There's some funny anecdotes about trying to raise bees and chickens.
Fnoord 8y ago
Fun, and the absurdity puts things in perspective. Minor suggestions: * Allow currency change (e.g. EUR instead of USD) * Use + and - signs or green and red colors when hovering over the ingredients to show if money can be saved or not. Also put the amount of time in a different font size or color. (Site is very minimalist though which is great). * Explain sources for price calculation (I'm skeptic about some, and curious who its based for).
- qrv3w 8y ago
  Great suggestions. There are actually sources for the price calculations but I wasn't sure yet how to display them, or if they were wanted. If you want them then someone else probably does too so I can add that.
jrhurst 8y ago
I know the first pull request I'm going to do for this one. Chicken and Egg goes on indefinitely.
nbardy 8y ago
Awesome project. I'm a bit obsessed with making food from scratch. I love to see how far down the rabbit hole I can go.
asimpletune 8y ago
I really enjoyed the design of the site. Thanks for sharing!

by qrv3w 8y ago

gascan 8y ago

Make the Bread, Buy the Butter Not having read the book, I'm guessing it mostly breaks along the lines of perishability? E.g. bread lasts a few weeks, butter lasts a year.

qrv3w 8y ago
Perishability is a factor. Other factors are start-up cost (e.g. chickens require building a coop), time, and preferred taste (some things just taste better from a store and some are better homemade). The book is more of a fun read. There's some funny anecdotes about trying to raise bees and chickens.

Fnoord 8y ago

Fun, and the absurdity puts things in perspective. Minor suggestions: * Allow currency change (e.g. EUR instead of USD) * Use + and - signs or green and red colors when hovering over the ingredients to show if money can be saved or not. Also put the amount of time in a different font size or color. (Site is very minimalist though which is great). * Explain sources for price calculation (I'm skeptic about some, and curious who its based for).

qrv3w 8y ago
Great suggestions. There are actually sources for the price calculations but I wasn't sure yet how to display them, or if they were wanted. If you want them then someone else probably does too so I can add that.

jrhurst 8y ago

I know the first pull request I'm going to do for this one. Chicken and Egg goes on indefinitely.

nbardy 8y ago

Awesome project. I'm a bit obsessed with making food from scratch. I love to see how far down the rabbit hole I can go.

asimpletune 8y ago

I really enjoyed the design of the site. Thanks for sharing!