mizzao

25 ms·

361.
by mizzao 4y ago
Are you on iOS or Android? You are supposed to be able to only select one dish at a time. In RPG gaming terms, that is your "quest" and the levels are basically what you need to complete the quest. If you can select multiple dishe
362.
by mizzao 4y ago
EDIT: so apparently we are actually on MacOS, just in an iPhone sized frame. Have you tried searching the app store? http://apps.apple.com/us/app/parsnip-level-up-your-cooking/i...
363.
by mizzao 4y ago
1) totally agree with the spaced repetition. Can't quite get that in a MVP though ;) 2) this is a really interesting idea, but I'm not sure it's really a conjugation, but just different nodes on the knowledge graph. What do y
364.
by mizzao 4y ago
That's the plan! I've actually written a memo about that: https://parsnip.substack.com/p/vision-part-one It'll take us a few years to get there, though.
365.
by mizzao 4y ago
Are you saying that there should be a single idea of what "good food" is? I personally don't think any particular dish is good or bad, but how well it's cooked.
366.
by mizzao 4y ago
Can you share more about why you'd want to avoid chopping your own vegetables?
367.
by mizzao 4y ago
We agree with you 150%. Because of the algorithms driving social media, so much of food content is meant to be entertainment, not education, and far from accessible. Because of the focus on attention, cooking appears way harder than it has
368.
by mizzao 4y ago
They're definitely not tailored to the level. We only have beginner and intermediate content on the app right now. I mean, this is supposed to be a Show HN right? Don't shoot! :)
369.
by mizzao 4y ago
As the knowledge graph gets bigger, we're definitely going to have to find better ways to present it. The challenge is that most people don't want to see the whole knowledge graph, they want an extremely simple experience. Do you
370.
by mizzao 4y ago
It sounds like you're a pretty experienced chef and we're targeting beginners (that experience question was more to get a sense of who our users are). If you consider that we're trying to start with levels 1, 2, and 3 of cook
371.
by mizzao 4y ago
So, we actually built this in an earlier version of the product. Here, you can see 3 variations of shrimp tacos in increasing complexity by famed southwestern chef Mark Miller: https://beta.parsnip.ai/module/E8pxMsWM22j
372.
by mizzao 4y ago
That's part of our plan! The idea is to build a data platform that can drive a 10x better AR/VR experience that teaches you interactively. Doing it from an app like this is just the first step. New products need a wedge. I've
373.
by mizzao 4y ago
The core idea is that we don't really care about recipes, but about the underlying building blocks of knowledge to execute them. It's an app because we realized that the best way to approach this problem is to actually separate co
374.
by mizzao 4y ago
Native iOS, native Android, and Firebase. At this stage of a product, iteration speed matters more than anything else.
375.
by mizzao 4y ago
Our idea is that as a beginner/novice, trying to find the right free cooking video, and getting better through repeated trial and error, is inferior to knowing that you have trustworthy information, a path to improvement, and the abi
376.
by mizzao 4y ago
We actually think recipes are mostly unimportant, but teaching the underlying principles are what's important. Measurements are more important for pastries but less important for stovetop/oven cooking. The recipes we have right no
377.
by mizzao 4y ago
There are lots of ways to skip directly to a recipe all over the Internet. Tell me more, what are you trying to find? Our recipes are actually pretty simple and not particularly special in any way. It's about the journey, not the desti
378.
by mizzao 4y ago
That reminds me of this article, and a few others Kenji has written: https://www.seriouseats.com/behind-the-scenes-in-kenjis-home...
379.
by mizzao 4y ago
Thank you so much! In true HN fashion, you've not only identified an issue but provided a solution to it. We really appreciate it!
380.
by mizzao 4y ago
Yep, here's an extremely early preview (don't tell anyone): https://question-page-test.web.app/question/0CRyWWs1MBLonFho...
381.
by mizzao 4y ago
I honestly don't know. It's just me from the team that uses HN. Truthfully, one of them is an angel investor who saw us of his own accord and decided to say hi. But maybe the others just really like the app?
382.
by mizzao 4y ago
Thanks for sharing about willingness to pay — the bete noire of consumer apps :) One of our eventual goals is to transition to a creator-driven system where anyone can teach others about how to cook, and monetize that too. There is so much
383.
by mizzao 4y ago
Ooh, that's a great question. We're building in the open and writing about it at https://parsnip.substack.com/ so if you subscribe, you'll see the answer in a future issue! Otherwise, if you're a seed in
384.
by mizzao 4y ago
Thanks, I've re-posted this in our feedback channel on Slack.
385.
by mizzao 4y ago
There are dozens of variants of this app, here's one built by a friend of mine: http://getrecipecart.com/ Like colpabar said, I think this is somewhat of a problem for experienced cooks but it's not the main issue
386.
by mizzao 4y ago
Was that the first search term you tried? ;-)
387.
by mizzao 4y ago
Android is right here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapforce.p... Can you share a bit more about what made you think that? It's probably a bug or issue that we need to fix.
388.
by mizzao 4y ago
There are many ways to get there but our initial thesis is to target beginners in English-speaking countries. Eventually we want to teach intermediate/advanced cooks and any cuisine to anyone regardless of where they lived. These count
389.
by mizzao 4y ago
Our main thesis is to teach the "hows" and "whys" behind recipes so that you can substitute and adjust as necessary for your own dietary preferences instead of having to find recipes that satisfy them. It's more of
390.
by mizzao 4y ago
Thanks! Our whole goal is to tackle the pain of "not knowing where to start" and building up the confidence and knowledge to go and try stuff in the kitchen. If building a new product means creating a painkiller and not a vitamin,

More ›