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Splendid Bacon - How it was built (espressos, steaks, bacon, and whisky)

26 points by k33l0r 16y ago

ljuti 16y ago
Related (initial) HN thread on Splendid Bacon with discussion about features and questions answered by the team members http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1801964 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1801964
jwcacces 16y ago
That is not how you make bacon
- akonan 16y ago
  As the man who made that bacon - I blame iPhone's HDR camera!
  - jwcacces 16y ago
    Honestly, you can't just toss bacon into a pan willy-nilly and whip it around like scrambled eggs. You must lovingly lay out each slice so they all get the heat and crisp up. That bacon is all soggy and tangled together. You need to go home and do some serious soul searching. Talk to your bacon. See what it needs, and more importantly satisfy those needs. Help your bacon reach it's fullest potential. Then come back to me.
    - hugh3 16y ago
      There could be some confusion here due to the different cuts of pork which are called "bacon" in different countries. It appears that you're Scandanavian and appear to be using "full" bacon whereas Americans only use the small strip bit at the end. The two types of bacon demand different cooking strategies. I can go on for hours about the wrongness of American bacon, but I don't want to get too distracted right now. Anyway, as an Australian that bacon there looks delicious to me.
      - k33l0r 16y ago
        Wikipedia to the rescue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon#Cuts_of_bacon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon#Cuts_of_bacon Unfortunately I have to confess that that was indeed streaky bacon (which would be better served crispy), not back bacon (which would not). But then again, this is just my opinion... Anyway, I think we can all agree than bacon is delicious?
        hugh3 16y ago
        I agree. It's also brilliant marketing. If you hadn't mentioned bacon, steak and whisky in your headline I never would have clicked and become aware of your product. And yet, here I am, discussing bacon, steak and whisky.
        jasonz 16y ago
        mmmm, nothing like watching how bacon is made: http://devour.com/video/how-bacon-is-made/ http://devour.com/video/how-bacon-is-made/ and its cousin, lardo: http://aveceric.com/wp/gallery/videos/season-two/episode-three-everything-is-better-with-bacon/ http://aveceric.com/wp/gallery/videos/season-two/episode-thr...
ashitvora 16y ago
Sorry but I don't like the UI. May be it's just me but black doesn't look good on the product you use daily. Looks more like a porno. :(
- maukdaddy 16y ago
  Black = Porno. There's some UI guidance you don't see every day!
preek 16y ago
This probably will come as a shock to you, but I won't even try out that app. The screenshots look nifty, I love you did it in 48h; also in rails. Normally I really am into new productivity tools and can't wait to check them out. However, you got it right when you wrote "bacon isn't as popular as we were lead to believe." Honestly, I find it disgusting to read equally much about your 'manly' behaviour - drinking just so much coffee and killing off a lot of cattle to get your weekend fix. Sorry guys; I'm sure your project is technically great. The popular reaction will assure you of this, so I don't have to.
- deleted 16y ago
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  - dolphenstein 16y ago
    So bacon is not a vegetable? Darn comic lied to me! http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/931 http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/931
lepht 16y ago
Love the UI, but was hoping for some info in 'How it was built'... technology stack, implementation process, etc.

26 points by k33l0r 16y ago

ljuti 16y ago

Related (initial) HN thread on Splendid Bacon with discussion about features and questions answered by the team members http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1801964 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1801964

jwcacces 16y ago

That is not how you make bacon

akonan 16y ago
As the man who made that bacon - I blame iPhone's HDR camera!
- jwcacces 16y ago
  Honestly, you can't just toss bacon into a pan willy-nilly and whip it around like scrambled eggs. You must lovingly lay out each slice so they all get the heat and crisp up. That bacon is all soggy and tangled together. You need to go home and do some serious soul searching. Talk to your bacon. See what it needs, and more importantly satisfy those needs. Help your bacon reach it's fullest potential. Then come back to me.
  - hugh3 16y ago
    There could be some confusion here due to the different cuts of pork which are called "bacon" in different countries. It appears that you're Scandanavian and appear to be using "full" bacon whereas Americans only use the small strip bit at the end. The two types of bacon demand different cooking strategies. I can go on for hours about the wrongness of American bacon, but I don't want to get too distracted right now. Anyway, as an Australian that bacon there looks delicious to me.
    - k33l0r 16y ago
      Wikipedia to the rescue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon#Cuts_of_bacon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon#Cuts_of_bacon Unfortunately I have to confess that that was indeed streaky bacon (which would be better served crispy), not back bacon (which would not). But then again, this is just my opinion... Anyway, I think we can all agree than bacon is delicious?
      - hugh3 16y ago
        I agree. It's also brilliant marketing. If you hadn't mentioned bacon, steak and whisky in your headline I never would have clicked and become aware of your product. And yet, here I am, discussing bacon, steak and whisky.
        jasonz 16y ago
        mmmm, nothing like watching how bacon is made: http://devour.com/video/how-bacon-is-made/ http://devour.com/video/how-bacon-is-made/ and its cousin, lardo: http://aveceric.com/wp/gallery/videos/season-two/episode-three-everything-is-better-with-bacon/ http://aveceric.com/wp/gallery/videos/season-two/episode-thr...

ashitvora 16y ago

Sorry but I don't like the UI. May be it's just me but black doesn't look good on the product you use daily. Looks more like a porno. :(

maukdaddy 16y ago
Black = Porno. There's some UI guidance you don't see every day!

preek 16y ago

This probably will come as a shock to you, but I won't even try out that app. The screenshots look nifty, I love you did it in 48h; also in rails. Normally I really am into new productivity tools and can't wait to check them out. However, you got it right when you wrote "bacon isn't as popular as we were lead to believe." Honestly, I find it disgusting to read equally much about your 'manly' behaviour - drinking just so much coffee and killing off a lot of cattle to get your weekend fix. Sorry guys; I'm sure your project is technically great. The popular reaction will assure you of this, so I don't have to.

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- dolphenstein 16y ago
  So bacon is not a vegetable? Darn comic lied to me! http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/931 http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/931

lepht 16y ago

Love the UI, but was hoping for some info in 'How it was built'... technology stack, implementation process, etc.