First of all, happy new year! 🥳

Even though I haven’t written a post here, I’m sure you’ve noticed a couple of changes since the last update.

Push Notifications 📱

The most noticeable addition is the ability to enable push notifications for new shots. If your browser supports it, you can enable it in the shot list or in the profile settings. Most browsers fully support this feature, though iOS Safari users will need to add Visualizer to their home screen first.

For me personally it’s a massive improvement in my workflow. I’ve discussed it on Discord before, but a short recap:

1. Pull a shot
2. Get push notification on my phone
3. Edit everything on Visualizer
4. Optionally create new coffee bag with AI-powered data filling
5. Tap Download in DYE

Just like that, all info is beautiful and synchronized everywhere. 🪄

API Changes

I’ve added new API endpoints that allow you to list and get details of roasters and coffee bags if you’ve enabled Coffee Bag Management.

Changes to Premium

I almost never talk about what’s coming next, but this time I’ll make an exception. Handling all the worldwide tax registrations and keeping up with regulation changes is getting harder and harder. It’s coming to a point where it’s simply overwhelming for a one-person side project. For that reason, I’ve decided to transition away from Stripe to a Merchant of Record service. As I stated in the Black Friday update, Visualizer Premium prices will not increase. Any extra fees will simply reduce my cut.

This transition will require significant development time, which means fewer new features in the coming weeks. More importantly, when the transition is ready, you’ll receive emails from me/Stripe about migrating your subscription data. I’m telling you this now so you won’t worry when those emails arrive - they’re legitimate and expected. I’ll send you an email personally when the migration begins! 📬

Miscellaneous

There were also a bunch of little improvements, like immediately clearing the combo box field when you click/tap it. This enables you to immediately start typing and selecting a new value. Another small UX improvement is that now, while on the shot list page, you can just drag and drop your shot files anywhere. They’ll be instantly uploaded and added to the shot list.

There were also some bug fixes, like the peculiar behavior of shot times and their time zones. Or non-matching coffee bags by their roast dates when enabling Coffee Bag Management.

As always, you can check the entire changelog to see all the nitty gritty details of UI/UX changes and other tiny improvements that didn’t make it to the list above.

Thank you, and again, happy new year! 🎉