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Dev tools · May 6, 2022

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Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP

1) Summary = RecipeHunt(http://recipehunt.app) is a Recipe Search Engine that gives you the only 3 things that matter in my opinion: (a) Picture, (b) Ingredients, (c) Directions 2) Problem = Every recipe site is bloated(e.g. full of ads, long backstory). I just want to see 3 things: Picture, Ingredients, Directions. 3) Solution = Built a simple Recipe Search Engine that gives you only those 3 things. 4) Tech Stack = Vanilla HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, SQL (some JQuery). Frameworks are too complicated for me, so I just wanted to build with what I know. 5) Design -Main Feed = Similar…

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RecipeHunt is a recipe search engine built with vanilla PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that strips away clutter to show only pictures, ingredients, and directions. It addresses the problem of bloated recipe websites filled with ads and lengthy backstories by delivering a clean interface similar to Instagram's explore feed, with square recipe thumbnails, filtering by country or dish type, and a dedicated recipe page with tabs for picture, ingredients, directions, and comments. The tool is for people who want quick access to recipes without unnecessary content.

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1) Summary = RecipeHunt(http://recipehunt.app) is a Recipe Search Engine that gives you the only 3 things that matter in my opinion: (a) Picture, (b) Ingredients, (c) Directions 2) Problem = Every recipe site is bloated(e.g. full of ads, long backstory). I just want to see 3 things: Picture, Ingredients, Directions. 3) Solution = Built a simple Recipe Search Engine that gives you only those 3 things. 4) Tech Stack = Vanilla HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, SQL (some JQuery). Frameworks are too complicated for me, so I just wanted to build with what I know. 5) Design -Main Feed = Similar to Instagram Explore (Square Shaped Thumbnails). -Categories = Filter by "Country" or "Dish Type". -Search Bar = Quickly go directly to a Recipe or Category. -Recipe Page = Gives you only 1 Picture + Ingredients + Directions + Comments. Separated by tabs (I don't like scrolling). -Paywall(for Spam) = I put up a paywall to prevent spamming (Stripe). 6) Content(Recipes) = I manually put in some initial recipes (posted a few for each Country/Dish Type). Challenge is to fill the site with enough recipes to make it useful. May look into Recipe API's and make sure I'm not violating any terms (give source credit in recipe page). 7) Conclusion = Just wanted to share this because I think it will solve my own problem (making it less painful to search recipes). Still a work in progress, but hopefully it may be useful to someone else as well. Will happily welcome any feedback! Thanks! -nsemikey

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