Update

Hey folks, here are the bits:

Shipping:

There are currently no new shipments to report. The next window to ship will be Friday, 4/15 through Monday, 4/18. There will be a shipping update going out on Thursday or Friday of this week.

Software:

I have made significant progress on software over the last couple of days with a primary focus on the recipe builder.

I have thrown out the drag and drop interface. It was cooler in theory than it was in practice. A recipe now consists of three sections: start, pour, and end. Each section has functions and attributes available that are specific to that section of the brew process. Here is a break down of each section:

Start:

  • The start section runs first and controls the recipe’s brew temperature, grind weight, and water amount.

Pour:

  • The pour section runs next. It controls the recipes actual pour over process.

  • You can add an unlimited amount of steps within this section, including:

    • Cone moves

    • Spout moves

    • Pour rates

    • Wait periods

  • You can have each action run for a specific amount of time, or for a specific amount of your recipe’s total water. If you go by water, the amount of water used is subtracted from your recipe’s total. This prevents you from going over in any additional steps.

  • The pour action options have sane defaults and can also be imported from other recipes. The goal here is to be super intuitive and allow quick recipe set ups while also exposing deeper and more granular control for those who want it. A Pour setup can be as simple as selecting “basic pour” and then saving it. If you do not add any additional steps, it is smart enough to continue that basic pour movement and pour rate over the entirety of the set water amount.

End:

  • The end section runs after the coffee has been brewed and adds some nice to haves:

    • automatically brew the recipe again when a new mug is set down

    • set the boiler to off, maintain temp, or update temp

    • Set up a brew completion notification.

    • All of these settings are also global settings attached to user and machine profiles. So this step can be used to override or in addition to those global settings.

Once your steps are completed, you can save it, brew it right away and add it to your Coffee Now settings.

I have already started pushing the code for the recipe builder to the repo, it currently contains the basic reducer/types/scss and interface container. The front end code is still in progress, I need to just code out the actual form structure and the listeners. I expect to finish it over the next night or two and have it ready for demoing in Friday’s update. You can keep an eye on it by heading to the Mugsy React repo and looking for the feature/recipeBuilder repo.

Email Support:

I spent a big chunk of a day last week answering any outstanding emails. As of now, my inbox is clear. That being said, there is a pretty good chance that there are still some misfiled emails that I may have missed. I will be doing a second round to grab any stragglers early this upcoming week.

Ok, that is all for now. The next update will be out no later than this upcoming Friday(4/15). The content of this update will be posted to thew Kickstarter page within 24 hours.

Thanks!

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