I built an dinner app (in MVP state) using Lovable — trying to figure out if this is actually useful and has an audience
I've been experimenting with using AI to spin up tiny businesses quickly.
This week I built Tonite.
link: https://tonite-dinner.lovable.app?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic
Originally I thought I was just building a quick MVP dinner app, but honestly it’s also become a test run for how I want to build future products in general - with small rollout, fast feedback, iterate quickly, kill ideas or improve them, etc.
Built it with Lovable + Claude API. Atm I'm just trying to get some feedback and find out if there are folks who would actually find an app like this useful, if there are certain features that don't exist today that would make the app more useful or if it's a complete dud.
Now for some product info...
You tell Tonite:
- what's in your fridge
- how tired you are
- how many people you're feeding
and it gives you one dinner idea. Its whole angle is that it does the thinking for you - not a bunch of recipes, just one thing that should realistically work tonight given your inputs.
Current version has:
- ingredient input
- energy level selection (because exhausted cooking is different)
- meal generation
- a very basic freemium limit/email capture setup
I'm mainly trying to figure out whether this solves a real problem or if it's just one of those "cool for 30 seconds" AI things.
And I have more features/enhancements in mind but before running too far down a corridor it'd be great to get some real world feedback - especially if something is confusing, annoying, useless, or makes you immediately bounce or alternatively if there's something you really like about it.
Also curious:
how do you currently decide what to cook on weeknights?