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Potrix
A minimal, distraction-free productivity web app focused on deterministic task flow, focus sessions, and daily planning without unnecessary complexity.
Context & problem
Many productivity tools feel bloated and overly feature-heavy. I wanted to build a focused, fast, and distraction-free tool that emphasizes task flow rather than feature accumulation.
Outcome
Task planning and focus sessions work on the device, without an account or network connection.
Engineering decisions
Intentionally built without a backend to keep the system fully local-first and frictionless. Designed the interaction model around deterministic state transitions and explicit UI flows, avoiding authentication, remote persistence, or layered abstractions that would introduce unnecessary complexity for a focused productivity tool.
My contribution
Designed a deterministic task and focus-session workflow with explicit state transitions.
Implemented fully local-first state handling to ensure instant interaction without network dependency.
Structured UI components to avoid hidden coupling between state and presentation.
Prioritized distraction-free layout and direct interaction patterns over feature density.
Modeled task and focus-session flows using explicit state transitions to prevent ambiguous UI states.
Trade-offs
- Avoided complex collaboration features to preserve simplicity.
- Chose minimal persistence strategy to reduce architectural overhead.