PourLog

A six-language coffee tasting SaaS across iOS, Android, Web, Admin, and API, with OCR-assisted record creation and a TypeScript monorepo.

A product we planned, launched, and operate ourselves. Read these as evidence of technical range and operating practice.

Project Overview

PourLog is a cross-platform coffee tasting product for recording coffee experiences, discovering beans and cafes, and managing detailed brewing data. It supports iOS, Android, Web, Admin, and API surfaces from a TypeScript monorepo with shared schemas, offline-first mobile data handling, cloud synchronization, OCR-assisted record creation, analytics, and production-grade operations on GCP.

Product screens

Photo-led home timeline for tasting records and curated coffee content

New tasting flow for roasting, brewing, rating, and flavor tags

Scan preview for reviewing OCR confidence and correcting extracted values before saving

Record detail combining coffee information, visibility, and flavor profile with imagery

Flavor-tag selection with searchable categories and persistent selected states

Search screen for finding beans and returning to recent records

Profile gallery collecting a user’s coffee photographs

Profile map for revisiting recorded cafes and coffee experiences

Coffee-guide article detail combining photography and brewing knowledge

Curated article list for brewing tips and bean knowledge in photo cards

Cafe detail combining photos, location, menu, and visit records

Discover tab for finding coffee stories and community records in cards

Key Challenges

Maintaining a four-package TypeScript monorepo across mobile, API, admin, and shared contracts
Implementing OCR-assisted coffee record creation with confidence scoring and caching
Supporting multi-language product content across six languages
Building operational visibility for API, LLM, push, places, and performance logs

Key Outcomes

Built iOS, Android, Web, Admin, and API surfaces from one product architecture
Implemented detailed coffee tasting records, discovery feed, cafe map, and curated content
Added Maestro E2E tests, API/App tests, and GitHub Actions workflows
Deployed production services with Distroless Docker and GCP Cloud Run

Technologies

ExpoReact NativeTypeScriptNestJSNext.jsPostgreSQLClerkClaude VisionGCP Cloud RunDocker