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Foodpick

An app that helps you decide what and where to eat based on your mood

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
foodpick-five.vercel.app
Built by
The Blogrammer

Bloat

83/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

Foodpick is a learning project by the creator's own description: a small, free Vue app for a single campus, posted once and not touched since. The site is live, but there's no revenue path, no accounts or backend, and little that would stop someone rebuilding it in an afternoon.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

It solves a small, real social annoyance for a narrow campus group, but the creator calls it a silly project and there's no user who would pay or any way to charge.

12/100

Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.

Receipts (2)

  1. Framed as a handy silly project built while learning Vue, for AASTU students deciding where to eat.

    “I was learning Vue a few months ago and built a very handy silly project. So me and my friends are non-cafe and usually struggle with conversations like Person 1: What and where do you wanna eat? Person 2: I don't know, you choose Person 1: No, you choose! (If only there was a platform to help us decide, if onlyyy) Say no more! The Blogrammer to the rescue 👨‍🚒 Foodpick is a simple app that h”

    Post · @the_blogrammer · 8 Oct 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The site has no pricing, no payments and no accounts, so there's no path to revenue.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A mood-to-food picker built in Vue and Tailwind is easy to rebuild, and nothing in the dossier shows proprietary data or local depth that would slow a copy.

6/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. Stack is plain Vue and Tailwind, and the creator invites others to contribute.

    “I was learning Vue a few months ago and built a very handy silly project. So me and my friends are non-cafe and usually struggle with conversations like Person 1: What and where do you wanna eat? Person 2: I don't know, you choose Person 1: No, you choose! (If only there was a platform to help us decide, if onlyyy) Say no more! The Blogrammer to the rescue 👨‍🚒 Foodpick is a simple app that h”

    Post · @the_blogrammer · 8 Oct 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. No accounts, backend or integrations are visible on the site.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

It was announced once in October 2024 and hasn't shown any update in the roughly two years since, so there's no steady shipping on record.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 0 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 729 days, so scaled to 20%.

Receipts (1)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “I was learning Vue a few months ago and built a very handy silly project. So me and my friends are non-cafe and usually struggle with conversations like Person 1: What and where do you wanna eat? Person 2: I don't know, you choose Person 1: No, you choose! (If only there was a platform to help us decide, if onlyyy) Say no more! The Blogrammer to the rescue 👨‍🚒 Foodpick is a simple app that h”

    Post · @the_blogrammer · 8 Oct 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A live, HTTPS Vue front end exists and does its simple job, but it's thin, with no backend, accounts, docs or custom domain.

51/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://foodpick-five.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The site is live and apparently works as a simple picker, but the page shows no depth, no accounts and no data beyond the basic idea, so it's working but thin.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2024-10-08.

  • Operations1/15

    It's a single static-style front end on a free host, with no backend, docs, status page or accounts. A public repo exists, but that's about all.

Receipts (5)

  1. https://foodpick-five.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. Page responds over HTTPS with the title Food Pick, but no visible features beyond the basic app.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. The creator describes it as a simple app.

    “I was learning Vue a few months ago and built a very handy silly project. So me and my friends are non-cafe and usually struggle with conversations like Person 1: What and where do you wanna eat? Person 2: I don't know, you choose Person 1: No, you choose! (If only there was a platform to help us decide, if onlyyy) Say no more! The Blogrammer to the rescue 👨‍🚒 Foodpick is a simple app that h”

    Post · @the_blogrammer · 8 Oct 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Facts show no docs, accounts, status page or store links, and it's on a free host.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  5. A GitHub repo is linked, which is the only sign of project infrastructure.

    “I was learning Vue a few months ago and built a very handy silly project. So me and my friends are non-cafe and usually struggle with conversations like Person 1: What and where do you wanna eat? Person 2: I don't know, you choose Person 1: No, you choose! (If only there was a platform to help us decide, if onlyyy) Say no more! The Blogrammer to the rescue 👨‍🚒 Foodpick is a simple app that h”

    Post · @the_blogrammer · 8 Oct 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It's on a free subdomain with no payments, pricing, privacy policy or support contact, and the creator presents it as a side project. Nothing shows how it would sustain itself or who would keep it up.

14/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    Nothing in the post or on the site points to paying customers or any revenue.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment2/20

    One post, an open invitation for contributions, and no sign of a team, roadmap, channel or funding. No activity for about two years.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payment provider and no pricing found.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Single announcement that asks for suggestions and contributions, with no roadmap.

    “I was learning Vue a few months ago and built a very handy silly project. So me and my friends are non-cafe and usually struggle with conversations like Person 1: What and where do you wanna eat? Person 2: I don't know, you choose Person 1: No, you choose! (If only there was a platform to help us decide, if onlyyy) Say no more! The Blogrammer to the rescue 👨‍🚒 Foodpick is a simple app that h”

    Post · @the_blogrammer · 8 Oct 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. No support contact, community or project channel on the site.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · foodpick-five.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)