Found an old side project, and it still works!

Lately I’ve been struggling to stay organized and focused on the important tasks of the day. Since I wanted to do something about it, I remembered that years ago I had built a web app for exactly that: organizing my day-to-day. After digging through the depths of my laptop, I found that forgotten side project, and guess what? It still works perfectly. This time, I decided to make it public in case it’s useful to someone else too.

The app is intentionally super simple: plan today and tomorrow, nothing more. At the top, there’s a timeline with all the hours of the day where you can add tasks. At the bottom, you can see the task you’re currently working on and how much time is left, or how much free time you have.

⚙️ I built this project five years ago, during the pandemic, while I was still in university. I used React, Redux, and Firebase.

👉 You can try it here: https://daily-planner-67a7f.web.app
👉 Code on GitHub: https://github.com/joaquinbozzalla/plan-it

Demo

💡 A few reflections:

• It’s incredible how much frameworks and architectures have evolved to simplify code. With Redux, I had to create multiple files for any new action or state value. Today, tools like Next.js make things so much easier and let you focus on the product.
• It’s really cool to look back at your own code from years ago. In the day-to-day work routine, we often lose sight of how much we’ve learned about architecture, frameworks, and tech in general.
• Looking back, I’d say this to myself: don’t keep your side projects to yourself or let them collect dust. There are probably thousands of useful projects out there just waiting to be shared.

The code is pretty much untouched. I only added Google SSO with the help of Cursor. In the future, I might adapt it for mobile and add a guest mode to make it easier to test. But for a project I brought back from the dead, it’s honestly not bad at all.