Project Deep Dive: Tails
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I took about a week and a half off of work starting just before Christmas and ending right after New Years, I usually use this time to dig into a meaty project (sometimes related to this blog) and this year was no exception!
I had a few other projects in mind coming into this break but didn't feel too motivated to work on them. Instead I took the break slow, mainly focusing on my own working process (revamping my Notion setup) and also getting some reading in.
However, about halfway into my time off, I found an itch that I just had to scratch.
My dad and I share new cocktail recipes back and forth fairly often[1]Jump to footnote, usually in the form of TikTok clips. We've also been selecting usually a single (or a couple) specific cocktails that we want to make for the holidays.
However, we always ask the same questions:
What ingredients do we need for that one cocktail you wanted to make?
What was the recipe for that special cocktail again?
This year also, we made one of our favorites from last year (The Polar Empress) for my grandparents as well, and the next day my Grandma wanted to get the recipe for the drink.
Since she had asked about it, and since both of the above questions are common enough, I felt like it'd be interesting to build a quick and dirty web app to store cocktail recipes that we can then refer to later.