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by briefnewsdaily 506 days ago
I love the minimalistic approach—particularly how you used HTMX to keep everything mostly server-rendered, with just enough interactivity. It’s refreshing to see a project that doesn’t lean heavily on big JavaScript frameworks, especially for a straightforward rating tool.

I’m also interested in how you plan to grow the user base for meaningful crowd-sourced data. Without accounts, I appreciate the zero-friction onboarding, but I wonder if you’ve considered any optional identity or “gamification” features to keep regular users engaged.

Either way, it’s great to see a PWA done simply with Go, HTMX, and Tailwind. As a coffee fan myself, I’ll definitely try RoastQuest—thanks for sharing and good luck refining the concept!

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Thanks for giving it a look! And thank you for the kind words

Yes, scaling is going to be in interesting problem to solve. I may need accounts for things in the future such as saving beans and making lists or something but for the functionality of rating and finding beans I want to stay account-less.

I love your suggestion about adding some gamification to the site. I'll have to think about how that could be done well in the context of coffee.