That's about all I need from a “mix your takeout and use the right apps” app, an app made mainly for me, my partner, and friends and visitors in the area. Just about anything you find useful while sitting at a spreadsheet can also be made useful via a small phone web app.
Cheerful overkill
I've gone a lot further with my app “DIYRoot”. After using a few meal delivery services, I sorted out the types of prescription formulas they mixed up each week, plus the items or equivalents I found at nearby stores. Knowing I could figure out the basics of cooking, I created an app that listed as many recipes as I could find, broke them down into components, added them to a dry-erase menu plan and shopping list, and even had some photos.
The best version of an entry will have an image, ingredients and recipe. There is a button to add it to the menu and all items to a list.
Credit: Kevin Purdy
The best version of an entry will have an image, ingredients and recipe. There is a button to add it to the menu and all items to a list.
Credit: Kevin Purdy
I haven't quite gotten the hang of this app yet (the shopping list is plagued with empty items/rows), and it's now technically an outdated “Classic” Glide app; maybe I'll give it another chance. More successful is my most recent effort, “Pantry Items,” which is nothing more than a searchable list of condiments and sauces, a note on how many I have left, and via a webhook adding anything I see missing to a shopping list. on Bring.
I feel like some people reading this article are demanding that I just learn Swift or some mobile-friendly JavaScript package and make some Real apps, but I firmly refuse. I enjoy the messy coding of having just enough app, API, and logic knowledge to make something small for my friends and family that is always accessible on this little computer that I take everywhere, but I have no ambitions to to make it 'real' .” Anyone can add to it via the relatively simple spreadsheet. Heck, I'll even take feature requests if I'm feeling gracious.
I use Glide, but you may have something simpler (and should recommend it as such in the comments). Be warned that once you start thinking (or thinking too much) along these lines, it can be hard to stop, even without the global pandemic.
