TaskTiley - Founder

Overview

Tasktiley was built for a specific kind of user: someone who loves the visual clarity of GitHub’s activity graph – the little green squares tracking daily progress – but doesn’t write code. Whether they’re freelancers, founders, students, writers, or independent operators, they want a simple system to track what they actually did every day. No friction, no complex setup, just a clear visual of momentum.

The product started as a weekend build on Replit, with Supabase powering the backend. From the beginning, the goal was to be lightweight, private by default, and instantly usable – no onboarding flow, no workspace setup, no integrations required.

The Problem

• Productivity tools are often designed for teams, not individuals

• People love visible progress (like GitHub squares or Apple Watch rings) but don’t have equivalents for non-coding work

• Journaling takes too long, to-do lists get messy, and most task tools aren’t designed with consistency or reflection in mind

• There was no quick way to log progress daily and see it accumulate over time in a way that felt rewarding

The Solution

Tasktiley is a simple personal task tracker that generates a visual activity graph – your own streak of daily check-ins.

Core Features:

• Daily Task Logging: Add one or many tasks per day – work, creative, admin, anything

• Progress Graph: GitHub-style contribution chart visualizes how often you’re showing up

• Zero Setup: Works out of the box in a browser, no login required unless you want to save your data

• Gentle Reminders: Optional nudges to keep you on track without shaming missed days

• Private First: No public profiles, no followers, no social feed—just your own personal data

Gamification and Leaderboards:

To keep momentum high and add optional competition:

• Personal Streaks: Visual streak tracking encourages consistent input, with gentle nudges on low-activity days

• Public Leaderboard (Opt-In): Users can join a weekly leaderboard showcasing top contributors

• Integrations: Tasktiley connects with tools like Notion, Google Calendar, and even GitHub itself – so progress elsewhere can be optionally reflected in your activity

• Mini-Challenges: Weekly prompts (e.g., “3 focused days in a row” or “log before 10am for 5 days”) keep things dynamic without being overwhelming

How It Was Built

• Developed entirely on Replit, enabling fast iteration and low barrier to deployment

• Used Supabase for backend storage, auth, and real-time syncing of daily entries

• Built lightweight tracking to show task streaks, skips, and recovery over time – with just enough analytics to reflect progress

Early Adoption

• Picked up quickly by solo operators: newsletter writers, indie consultants, UX researchers, students prepping for exams

• Most common use case: people logging 1–3 “wins” per day to track personal momentum

• Feedback emphasized emotional payoff of the activity graph (“seeing my streak keeps me going”)

What I Learned

People are deeply motivated by visible progress – but most tools bury that behind dashboards or team views. Tasktiley showed that something simple, focused, and visually affirming can be just as sticky as more powerful tools, especially for individuals building habits or trying to stay accountable without external structure.

Building it with Replit and Supabase also reinforced how fast you can go when you focus on what the user needs – a very fun first built-with-AI project.