Home-bar matching
Ingredient chips and shelf matching turn the catalog into a practical recommendation surface.
Cocktail search and home-bar companion
MixLab
A cocktail app that starts with what is already on the shelf.
Project story
Why it exists.
MixLab has the right product hook for a cocktail app: do not make the user browse forever when they only have gin, lime, and mint at home.
The app pairs atmosphere with utility. The landing page creates the mood, while the drink grid, filters, home-bar panel, saved state, and random button do the work.
It feels like a product because the interface answers a real evening question: what can I make without running back to the store?
Direction
How the idea becomes usable.
Moody brand front door
The landing page gives MixLab a dark, premium food-and-drink identity before the user enters the app.
Drink discovery loop
Search, filters, random selection, details, and saved drinks support both planning and impulse browsing.
Build notes
Technical infrastructure.
Build Signals
cocktail UX / search / home bar
Working Surface
Astro landing page and cocktail discovery app
Current Stage
Polished product prototype
Hosting Path
The current shape is friendly to static hosting. A production version could keep the front end simple, then add API routes only where the workflow needs live data.
