01/ Overview
This platform was born from my interest in plant-based cooking and built entirely through an AI-first "vibe coding" workflow. I took full ownership of the end-to-end delivery, rapidly architecting the UI and designing a custom, automated content pipeline to populate the site.
I chose Next.js with Shadcn UI for the frontend, utilizing Static Site Generation (SSG) for optimal performance. To bypass manual data entry, I engineered a pragmatic backend solution: by feeding recipe links to an LLM, I extracted structured JSON data and generated highly realistic AI imagery for each dish. This approach allowed me to minimize backend overhead and focus completely on refining the frontend experience.
02/ Technologies
Tech Stack
- React/Next.js
- Typescript
- Tailwind
- Shadcn UI
- SQLite
- Claude Code
- Gemini/Nano Banana Pro
Design Tools
- Figma
- Adobe Illustrator
03/ What's Next
With the foundation solid, my next steps are all about optimization and growth. I’m planning to refine the UI to make the browsing experience even smoother and more engaging. Behind the scenes, I want to further streamline the AI recipe creation pipeline to make content generation completely frictionless. Once the platform is fully polished, my focus will shift entirely to an acquisition strategy, leveraging visual channels like Pinterest to start driving organic traffic to the site.