Hello! This post will likely be a bit shorter than the last. Today’s topic is a few thoughts about how complex it can be to parse human input, and how that interacts with Druid’s data model. Progress I think I’m nearly finished tweaking the ingredient editor. I’ve spent the better part of a month on just this one view and that might seem like overkill, but for software like this the user experience is the whole point so it’s important to get it right.| bheisler.github.io
Something you might not know about me is that I’m an avid home cook. As such, I like to experiment in the kitchen, improvise new recipes, and modify existing ones. I also track my calorie and macronutrient intake. I have software tools for this, but I don’t like them and eventually I got fed up and decided to write my own. I also thought it would be interesting to try working with the garage door up and writing more publicly about what I’m working on, so this is part one of an ongoing s...| bheisler.github.io