The FoodNoms Blog
Hi! I'm Ryan Ashcraft. I'm building a better nutrition tracking app – one that's fast, powerful, elegant, and privacy-focused. I write about what I'm working on here.
FoodNoms 2: Launch Retrospective
How the FoodNoms 2 launch performed, personal feelings, and lessons learned.
FoodNoms 2: Feature Overview
An overview of the major features included in FoodNoms 2, the biggest update to FoodNoms yet.
Developer Update: March 2022
$4K MRR, database improvements, and a FoodNoms 2 technical deep-dive.
Developer Update: January 2022
A 2021 retrospective and an update on FoodNoms 2.
Developer Update: April 2021
I have some exciting updates to share including an announcement of a major project that is in the works.
Lessons Learned from Building a Crowdsourced Food Database
The FoodNoms database recently got a huge upgrade. Here are all the lessons learned from the past seven months that led to this big update.
Building a Crowdsourced Food Database
Why and how I built the FoodNoms Community Database.
Building a Better Nutrition Label Scanner
The FoodNoms nutrition label scanner was overhauled in the most recent update.
Moving Needles
A deep dive into how the new FoodNoms 2020.5 onboarding experience, feature improvements, and pricing changes have impacted user behavior.
FoodNoms 2020.5 – Making Bigger Bets
A deep dive into the big product changes and what I'm hoping to achieve with this release.
What's Next for FoodNoms
A retrospective on the first two months of FoodNoms and plans for the next few months.