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Hello HN!

I got pretty overwhelmed with Notion, Trello, etc. (Even though they are great tools!) as an indie dev, so I built an app that is simpler to use and perfectly suited for an indie like me :) You can basically divide your projects into multiple milestones (a milestone could be e.g. a new version), and the milestones can have multiple tasks that are either todo, in progress, or done. The progress for each milestone is calculated with those tasks, and you can also prioritize and categorize the tasks using tags (E.g. for me, #ph turns into "High Priority", and #pm into "Medium Priority", etc.). Each project also has a backlog for future tasks & ideas, and I'm also currently working on adding markdown-based project notes to describe more complex ideas.

I built this tool for myself (and I'm actively using it), and thought it would benefit others as well.

I'd love to hear feedback and your thoughts! :)

8 comments

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mcsniff
Obligatory, this should be a PWA.

But also, the Privacy Policy page has Amazon ads using a generic search for "router with vpn"?

https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/milestones-privacy-policy/...

yassiniz
PWA: I agree, but the look and feel of native is just better. Additionally I‘m also planning widgets and these are just easier to implement if the rest is already native.

Privacy Policy: I‘m using an external service that I‘m paying for monthly to host that. With the payment, there shouldn‘t be any ads, but looks like they‘re still shown. Will definitely spin up something on my own on Cloudflare pages or similar, thanks for the heads up!

mcsniff
It does look good, definitely agree.

How does sync across iPad and iPhone work? Apple servers or what? Ideally that would be spelled out for privacy-conscious users.

yassiniz
The sync uses native iCloud, so completely isolated and I have no way to look into any other account data, so this is completely handled by Apple :) I‘m also planning to optimze the app for iPad and add a macOS version as well in the future
wingerlang
Can you point me to some native-level feeling PWAs that you regularly use, or even know of? Genuinely curious as an iOS native developer for a decade+.
meiraleal
99% of the apps I use in my iPhone doesn't look native, they are all webview nowdays.
pentaphobe
Looks neat, covers off a couple things I dislike in other apps - nice work!

A couple meh things:

1. What are the take away options for data? [^1]

2. Why does the app need my contact info?

Cool stuff though, and I hope it helps you get your other projects done :)

[^1]: (bonus feedback context, feel free to ignore) whilst I wish you the best in this surviving, after being burnt a few times personally I don't use anything I can't get my data out of (at least not for hard-to-replicate-from-memory things like projects & ideas)

yassiniz
1. I don't have any plans yet, but JSON and CSV would be the easiest options - you're the second one asking so I'll do a little more research here. That feature makes a lot of sense though, ideally we want our indie projects to grow and that could also mean that we need more functionality or even collaboration features :)

2. You can give feedback within the app, and there's an _optional_ field to add your email address to the feedback you are giving, that's why I've added the contact info in the privacy info - as I said though, completely optional :)

Thanks a lot for your feedback!