I’ve been building a university dashboard for myself as a small side project. I wanted one place ...I’ve been building a university dashboard for myself as a small side project. I wanted one place ...
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I’ve been building a university dashboard for myself as a small side project.
I wanted one place where I could keep track of deadlines, exams, weekly planning, PDFs, useful resources and study sessions without jumping between different apps.
So I started building my own.
The dashboard includes semester and degree progress, a Kanban-style activity board, weekly planning, a resource library and a custom focus mode with Pomodoro sessions.
I built and iterated on it using Codex, GitHub and Vercel, which also gave me a chance to explore a more hands-on design-to-code workflow outside of my usual product work.
It’s still evolving, but I like that it has become something I genuinely use rather than just another concept project.
Finally wrapped up this project, and I’m excited to share the case study! 💅 A fresh product design concept for a beauty dashboard. Would love to hear your thoughts! ✨
A beauty dashboard is such a fun product design challenge, Oleksandra. The Good morning, Olivia! greeting in the header makes business metrics feel personal instead of clinical, which is exactly what a beauty professional would want.
The Good Times website is live 👀
Most app sites start with a phone mockup and a list of features. This one starts with the problem, so you can see yourself in it first. The app shows up after that, as the answer.
https://goodtimestimer.com/
Built with Astro.
Total volume as the hero number is the right call, lifters chase that more than any single PR. Does the top-lifts list show the date next to the weight? That is the detail that makes people come back to check.