Privacy and data · · 2 min read
What we keep when you delete something
Deleting a recipe does not delete the photograph it came from. A deliberate decision with a real cost, and a plainer explanation than a policy line.
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Notes on saving things properly.
How Curate reads what you send it, why it is built the way it is, and what it does with what you save. Written for people who already have four hundred bookmarks.
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Recipes · · 2 min read
Why quantity and item are separate fields
Storing "3 tbsp white miso" as one line makes a recipe readable. Splitting it into three fields makes it searchable and editable. Here is what that buys.
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Capture · · 2 min read
The share sheet is the product
Capture has to take under five seconds or it does not happen. That one threshold decides most of how Curate is built, including what it refuses to ask you.
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Capture · · 2 min read
What happens when a page will not let us in
Some pages want a subscription, some never answer, some are behind a login. What Curate does with each, and why your link is safe either way.
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Recipes · · 2 min read
Two things we could not read
When extraction is unsure, Curate asks instead of guessing, and shows the crop it is unsure about. Why asking beats being confidently wrong.