Max Illis

I'm a Product Manager by background and have been working in Generative AI since early 2023. I'm interested in exploring the capabilities and limits of AI to augment people and have recently been using AI as my development team.

Gustave - Your Smart Kitchen Companion

I have a little side project I've been working on in my spare time that combines my joy of cooking with AI tech. Meet Gustave - a smart kitchen companion I've developed that makes sure all your dishes come together at just the right time (particularly handy for that Christmas dinner timing nightmare!).

Background: I've had the idea for this little utility App for a while but hadn't found an App developer with time on their hands.. With the advent of models like o1, I thought this was a good opportunity to test the capabilities of AI myself - I've been incredibly impressed.

What's Gustave?

  • Manages multiple dishes and meals
  • Works out when to start each step so that everything is ready on time
  • AI-powered recipe import
  • Built entirely with AI assistance (bit of a meta project, really) - I barely wrote a line of code