About
I'm the founder and engineer behind MapMeal. I built it because I was tired of saving restaurants from TikTok and Instagram into a chaotic mix of screenshots, bookmarks, and group-chat messages — and then never remembering where I'd put them.
MapMeal turns a pasted video link into a pin on your personal map, with the restaurant's name, hours, and the bits of the original caption that actually mattered. My goal is to make the "save now, visit later" loop between social discovery and real-world dining feel effortless.
Before MapMeal I spent years shipping software to people in a mix of startup and technical roles. I live at the intersection of product, engineering, and spicy food. I'm always up for a recommendation.
Recent writing
- The TikTok food critic is replacing the Michelin star, and nobody's mad about itPete Wells stepped down in 2024 and nobody replaced him. Here's who actually tells millions of people where to eat now.
- Instagram vs TikTok for food discovery: which is better?TikTok shows you places. Instagram shows you aesthetic. A frank comparison for people who actually eat out.
- How to plan a food trip using social media findsTurn your TikTok saves into a day-by-day food itinerary that survives first contact with vacation.
- Why you keep forgetting the restaurants you see on TikTokYou save the video, you mean to go, the algorithm moves on, and you never find it again. Sound familiar?