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Radarist

Work in Progress

An agenda-based rebuild that connects project direction to time set aside for doing the work.

My Role in this Project

  • Product methodology and workflow
  • Brand and interface design
  • Agenda and project interactions
  • Full-stack rebuild and data modeling

Technologies Used

  • Next.js, React, and TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS and themed design tokens
  • Postgres and Drizzle ORM
  • Better Auth
  • Typed planning data and validation

Current Scope

  • Daily agenda with draggable time blocks
  • Project next actions and milestones
  • Spaces and quick-capture inbox
  • Phone layouts and light/dark themes
  • Current rebuild remains in development

A closer look.

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Daily agenda with project work, a review, and protected time. Desktop · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Daily agenda with project work, a review, and protected time. Desktop · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Daily agenda with project work, a review, and protected time. Phone · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Daily agenda with project work, a review, and protected time. Phone · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Projects organized around their next action. Desktop · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Projects organized around their next action. Desktop · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Projects organized around their next action. Phone · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Projects organized around their next action. Phone · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Project tasks and milestone groups. Desktop · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Project tasks and milestone groups. Desktop · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Project tasks and milestone groups. Phone · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Project tasks and milestone groups. Phone · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Spaces for different areas of work. Desktop · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Spaces for different areas of work. Desktop · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Spaces for different areas of work. Phone · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Spaces for different areas of work. Phone · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Quick capture and inbox triage. Desktop · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Quick capture and inbox triage. Desktop · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Quick capture and inbox triage. Phone · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.
Quick capture and inbox triage. Phone · Dark mode. Fictional demonstration data.

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Daily agenda with project work, a review, and protected time in light mode on desktop

Daily agenda with project work, a review, and protected time. Desktop · Light mode. Fictional demonstration data.

The rationale

A next action needs a place in the day.

Radarist began with a useful constraint: every active project should have one concrete next action. That keeps the view honest about what a person can actually do next, rather than presenting every task as an equally urgent choice.

The latest rebuild takes that idea into the agenda. Project work, meetings, inbox review, and breaks live on a shared timeline. A project block shows the next action alongside the project’s identity, making the connection between planning the work and reserving time for it visible.

Project cards provide the broader view across areas of work. A detailed project view then reveals tasks and milestone groups, while Spaces organize responsibilities and the Inbox gives loose thoughts somewhere trusted to land. These supporting views keep the agenda from becoming the only place where work can be understood.

The visual system uses project colors, rounded controls, and coordinated light and dark themes across desktop and phone layouts. The technical rebuild adds a typed Next.js and Postgres foundation to a product that originally grew from a customized WordPress application.

This entry shows the agenda-based version currently in development. Its captures use isolated sample projects and schedules, rather than live planning records. The Work in Progress label distinguishes this rebuild from the earlier public Radarist product.

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Additional reading

More of the thinking that shaped Radarist.