Articles
Honest pieces about how we built Sourdough Tracker, where it fits, and where it doesn't.
Pain points, definitions, opinions.
Rise % in plain language, plus what 100%, 200% and 'never doubles' each mean.
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Why a journal is the single highest-leverage upgrade to your sourdough practice.
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Why scheduling bakes against the recipe instead of your starter is the most common mistake.
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Why your starter is almost certainly just hungry — and exactly how to fix it.
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Every sourdough starter smell decoded — from pleasantly tangy to genuinely alarming.
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What discard is, why you have to do it, and what to do with it instead of throwing it out.
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Hooch explained: what it is, what it means, and exactly what to do with it.
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Seven reliable signs your starter is at peak — ranked by how much they actually matter.
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Honest, side-by-side reads.
Paper is honest and tactile. Digital is searchable and sharable. Trade-offs.
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Generic notes apps vs a journal that knows what a feed entry is.
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Why photos in line with their entries beat a chronological camera roll.
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Loaflo compared to free and paid alternatives — criteria that matter for real bakers.
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Where we'd send a friend.
Step-by-step from people who run the product.
The minimum-effort path from flour and water to a baking-ready starter.
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The decision tree for reviving a starter that stopped responding.
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The hydration calculation in plain words, plus a target table.
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Feeding ratios, timing, and temperature explained in one place.
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What to track, how often, and why two weeks of data changes everything.
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