Hey HN,
I'm Patrick a developer working on side projects beside a 9-5.
I created a Site where you can create customised Meal Plans + Grocery Lists and get them automatically every Week into your Inbox.
I like the concept and would really like to have something like this (especially the combination of recipe + shopping list—that’s great), but the ux is a bit off. Having to fill out a form and then click “buy now” before I get a sense of what I’ll actually be getting or even what the pricing is feels wrong. Are the meal plans handmade or AI generated, or pre-generated and just matched to your preferences? What exactly does “personalized” mean in this context? There’s very little that gives me trust (reviews, detailed product information, a free demo or maybe a video example) so you might consider adding at least some of those elements. The background gradient in dark mode also makes the text hard to read when you get to the bottom of the page. Ironically it sort of becomes a light mode theme if you scroll far enough. And at least on mobile, the hamburger menu with only a single link in it is a funny choice. Why have the menu at all? Hope you find this helpful and not too critical because, again, I think the concept is totally awesome and there’s a lot of potential here.
It takes a lot to differentiate yourself from the many, many, many other 'makes a meal plan' services out there, many of which are free. If this is just a fun thing for you, that's fantastic. If you intend it to be a commercial product what do you see differentiating this from the alternatives?
Good attempt. It isn't clear if it's for ordering meals or getting recipes.
Plug in some LLM into this to make it more dynamic.
Personally, I don't think I'd pay $2 for getting recipes.
I typically get NYT cooking emails which are pretty good.
