how to actually be so productive it feels dangerous

Gabe Bult Guide 2 months ago

Description

If you want to build your own productivity system instead of duct‑taping more tools together, you can start with Emergent here:
https://app.emergent.sh/?utm_shift=redirect&via=gabe


the full prompt
Build "Daily Driver" — a personal 12-Week-Year productivity app.
Single user, no monetization, no social features.

STACK: Expo + React Native (Expo Router) frontend that runs on iOS, Android,
AND web. FastAPI backend with /api prefix. MongoDB. Claude Sonnet 4.5 for AI.
Simple email+password auth with JWT.

DESIGN: Dark mode only. Pure black bg (#050505), muted gold accent (#D4AF37),
thin/light fonts, uppercase letter-spaced section labels. On web, cap content
at 720px and center it (dashboard-style).

ONBOARDING (4 steps): pick 90-day block start date → enter 1-3 SMART goals →
pick 1 keystone habit (e.g. "No phone till 9am") → Claude breaks each goal
into 12 weekly milestones + daily actions.

HOME SCREEN (top to bottom):
1. Date header: "SATURDAY · WEEK 6 OF 12"
2. Weekly review CTA banner (only on Sat/Sun if not submitted)
3. KEYSTONE HABIT card with tap-to-complete + day-streak count
4. PRIMARY TASK — 1 big card, subtitle "The one thing that moves the
needle today", tap circle to toggle complete (strikethrough, STAYS visible)
5. SECONDARY TASKS (2-3, de-emphasized until primary done): some auto-pulled
from the goal breakdown, plus an inline "+ Add a secondary task" input
for user-typed ones
6. ADDITIONAL TASKS (open list, up to 5, free-form add)
7. 90-day progress bar (small, at the bottom)
8. "Open weekly review" link

KEY UX RULES:
- Completed tasks stay visible with strikethrough, they don't disappear
- Snapshot today's plan once per day so task IDs stay stable
- Tap = idempotent toggle

GOALS TAB: list all goals with progress bar. Tap to expand → 12 weeks with
done/total count, "WEEK N · CURRENT" gold badge for active week, past weeks
dimmed. Tap a week to see its actions — each has a checkbox AND a "+ TODAY"
button that makes it your primary action.

NOTES TAB: one free-text note per date, auto-save, simple journal list.

WEEKLY REVIEW (/weekly-review, auto-prompted Sat/Sun):
- Stats: tasks-completed this week, habit-days/7
- 3 prompts: "What worked?" / "What didn't?" / "How will you improve?"
- Cleaning-up checklist (update progress, organize notes, migrate tasks)
- Submit → Claude generates a 2-paragraph warm personal review
- Past reviews listed below for scroll-back

SKIP: Stripe, Google OAuth, social/follow, push notifications,
calendar sync, store publishing. Run via Expo Go + a web URL.

DB: users, goals (with breakdown.weeks[]), habits, task_completions,
habit_completions, daily_plans (snapshot), misc_tasks (with slot field),
notes (date-keyed), weekly_reviews (with ai_summary).

90 Day Goal Journal https://gabebult.co/Journal

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I Want More by KALEO, https://t.lickd.co/l/A5KXvrxPQWB

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