We just pushed an update that helps further harden authentication. You may need to sign in again the next time you open the application.

We'll try to minimize such changes in the future, but will always give you a heads-up as well.

Thanks, we’ll ping you when we’ve had too much wine and have forgotten what bashing our head against that particular wall felt like. 😉

It got particularly table-flippy when I filed a support ticket, didn't hear back... and then two weeks later I got an email saying they'd been trying to reach out but couldn’t, so they were going to close the case.

It was a sensational, roundabout way to advocate for open platforms.

So PWA it is.

A long string of obscure, non-specific “we can’t complete the process right now”.

Multiple black-box entrail-reading attempts later (is it the phone number? should I be doing it from a clean device?) I got a couple steps into it, but not even far enough for the DUNS number.

It's an Expo app which was meant to be released on mobile as its main target. We ran into obscure issues with the Apple developer registration process, however, and eventually decided to stop wasting our time and launched as a PWA first.

If your into your beer this is a must and it's in the Atmosphere so just log in with Bluesky credentials! #Atmosphere #atproto 🍻

Thanks! We love it too, but we are biased. 😉

Wine label for JHB (Jeffrey Hudson Bitter) by Oakham Ales. Bitter wine. from N/A, England, Northern Ireland

This is great a Untappd but for the Atmosphere! @winesky.app 🍻

🍺 #beersky #reqlale

It’s a progressive web app, so you can run it directly and install it to your Home Screen from winesky.app

And thanks for the question! We could be explaining that better!

Morning! Did you see @arabica.social btw?

Got a report from an Android user that they couldn't get Winesky to focus while attempting to scan. There seem to be several upstream @expo.dev issues related to this.

We are exploring workarounds.

If it happens: you can take photos using your regular camera, then pick them from the gallery.

Some sample posts from scans taken in the wild hereabouts:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

We should probably do something about the branding... 🙄 Naming things is hard.

It actually works as-is! A big part of how it identifies drinks is through first an OCR pass and then an online search, so you can use it just fine to scan other drinks — even if all the labeling in the app is currently wine-skewed.

And you can also search!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

And for #ATDev, we are also publishing the raw review, with added metadata, as an app.winesky.review record to the PDS when you publish.

pdsls.dev/at://did:plc...

We are not yet doing it on every review, since we'd like publishing to be a conscious user decision.

Schema at lexicon.garden

Winesky now supports hyperlinks!

You can either paste a link, or use the markdown syntax (text in brackets, link in parentheses besides it).

It's not doing preview embeds, but we might add that soon.

We've just solved an authentication regression from our last update.

If you've seen an "OAuth invalid_scope" error, we've deployed a fix and you should be able to log in now.

Sorry about that!

From this version on, Winesky will also start requesting limited permissions during authorization — a much belated change that @danielroe.dev rightfully brought up at #monkigras recently.

Phew! Took almost a week, but with the @render.com issues resolved, drink search is now live!

(Live as soon as we figure out a @render.com deploy issue... 🤦‍♂️)

You can now add any wine, beer, or drink from whatever fragments you have. No image, no exact name — just what you remember, and we'll find it.

Enjoy!

2/2

Winesky screenshot - it can't find a wine on your reviews and lets you search.

Winesky search dialog

Winesky search results for a very odd Touriga Nacional from Okanagan Valley in BC.

User testing surfaced something we didn't expect: most people don't photograph labels. They remember the wine later — at home, in a shop, halfway through conversation about a different bottle.

So we built around that.

🧵 1/2

Alright, just pushed a @winesky.app feature: sharing a review now creates an app.winesky.review record alongside the app.bsky.feed.post one.

Because of course that's what you do before a long-haul flight.

Details below. 🧵

Would be fun to try it, actually! Why not throw it at the sommelier?

You will be better served by giving it some details about what you like and where you are, though - otherwise the replies are going to be generic:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

We just pushed some internal changes to Winesky. You shouldn't see any obvious difference, but if you encounter any issues, do let us know!

(There have been some updated recently that we haven't showcased - we should get around to that)

This is one reason why I was against showing a single average score for a wine @winesky.app.

Eventually I plan to add a more personalized average. While the analysis feature will show average scores across multiple publications, it skews the notes more around when you'll like them (or not)

That was a bug: our TLD validation wasn't considering .brussels to be a valid TLD - I've made it more flexible.

We've pushed a fix, it should be live soon. The validation and login flow take place entirely on the client, so make sure you refresh. Thanks the report!

Let me check the validation - we are using it ourselves, so it might be the fact that the handle is directly under a TLD.

The more context you give, the better the pour. Give these a shot and let us know how it performs! 🥂

#winesky #wine #sommelier

Winesky sommelier recommendation request, with four wine bottles scanned and a top choice.

A follow-up to the previous Winesky sommelier recommendation, where the user has expanded on the context and the sommelier generated an updated suggestion.

Finally, you can iterate on your recommendations!

#Winesky explains the characteristics of the wines it recommends why they may match, so if something doesn't sound to your liking, or a bottle isn't available, scroll down, tap on "Iterate", and give it more details to get an update.

Winesky sommelier recommendation based on a dish and a wine available at a specific restaurant.

Winesky searches the web, so here's a surprise:

If you’re heading out, tell the Sommelier the name and location of the restaurant. If they have their wine list online, Winesky can cross-reference their actual menu to give you the perfect pairing recommendation! 🍽️

#winesky