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My 2018 Side Project. Heat Sync - A Kitchen Timekeeper for the Preoccupied Generation ⏲(itunes.apple.com)

over 4 years ago from Lyndon Mayer, Director of UX @ Electronic Arts

  • Lyndon Mayer, over 4 years ago

    Thanks Darran! This is exactly the reason I built this. I constantly found that I’d have one or two ingredients that would either be sitting around getting cold or that I’d be over cooking while the rest completed. Since I’ve been trialling the app myself over the past 8 months I’ve found it makes a huge difference just getting a little reminder, it’s not perfect by any means but it’s a lot better than mentally keeping track.

    Great idea about the Siri shortcuts, hopefully React Native has support for them soon.

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    • Darren Treat, over 4 years ago

      Very slick, my only (minor) question is this: Is it really needed to use FB sign in to save meals? Why not offer sign in to those who need device sync and offline saving for those who don't? It's an un-needed complication. Heck. Think about iCloud data sync, it does everything you are looking for AND you don't have to run an API!

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      • Lyndon Mayer, over 4 years ago

        Yeah I definitely agree with you, my main reason going with Facebook and remote storage is that the app is built with React Native and Expo, which offers FB login and firebase integration of the box. It meant I didn’t have to worry about building my own login flows(including password/username recovery) and if I need to update or recover user data I could do it from my end via Firebase. Perhaps cleaning up this flow and making use of iCloud is something I should look into though.

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