The Sourdough Framework
The Sourdough Framework by Hendricius Ruppelby Hendricius Ruppel
Shares rank 2 of 7 cookbooks by recommenders
People recommend it as a sourdough book with good examples, diagrams and some maths, plus a git-friendly versioning and publishing setup.
People recommend it as a sourdough book with good examples, diagrams and some maths, plus a git-friendly versioning and publishing setup.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good examples, complex lists and diagrams
“It really does have a lot of good examples, especially the complex lists and diagrams it implements in TeX.”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “I Bypassed Adobe and Microsoft to Build a Git-Tracked Book Production Pipeline” Sourdough maths and theory
“is a really good book that specifically deals with sourdough, but has some good maths and theory”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 on Hacker News Versioning and publishing well integrated
“really impressed with the way that versioning and publishing is integrated in that book”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “I Bypassed Adobe and Microsoft to Build a Git-Tracked Book Production Pipeline”
Other cookbooks people recommend
The four most recommended other cookbooks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Labby J. Kenji López-Alt | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| The Sourdough Frameworkby Hendricius RuppelThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| On Food and Cookingby Harold McGee | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Modernist Cuisineby Nathan Myhrvold | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| The Flavor Bibleby Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“is a really good book that specifically deals with sourdough, but has some good maths and theory”
“It really does have a lot of good examples, especially the complex lists and diagrams it implements in TeX.”
“really impressed with the way that versioning and publishing is integrated in that book”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.