Because of those design decisions, there are a lot of consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- It’s hard to write tests to prevent regression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- That leads to it being hard to add new features or fix existing bugs without breaking something.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The whole database being stored in memory and sent to server every time something changes does not scale well with many<\/strong> tasks and projects (like 100s of thousands).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
So I finally decided to rewrite the whole app using<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Vite React for frontend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Tailwind CSS for UI and UX development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Vitest for frontend unit tests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- ASP.NET for REST WebAPI backend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Entity Framework Core for Database ORM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Azure SQL Server for database.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- xUnit framework for backend unit tests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Github Actions for CI\/CD pipelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Docker for deployment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Personal home server for hosting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Cloudflare tunnels to give access over the Internet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The project has been worked on for 5 months since June, it’s fully Test Driven Development and make use of the knowledge and experiences I have acquired from work and books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is actually the third<\/strong> time I have written a task management project, the first version was written back in 2018 and no longer compiles (you can read about it here<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second version was written 2 years ago in 2023 and had all those limitations (there is a blog post here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I decided that this version would be the last, as it is built as well as possible for easy maintenance and feature implementation. My experience in the past 5 months has been great. Finally the project is ready to use and I have migrated all my data from my previous task manager to the new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From this<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bruceng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTo this<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bruceng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYes, I use it to manage development of itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far it is missing some small features from the previous version, but the main big features are there and ready to use to make me productive. I will add back some of the quality-of-life features back over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rewriting the app is also a very good chance to apply all the knowledge I have learned from work and books, to add it to my portfolio and at the same time add value to both my professional and personal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have found that it’s much more productive to focus on one project at a time to get one done and move on to the next, rather than trying to do a few projects at the same time and make tiny progress at each one. Now that I’m done with this, I may move on to the next project, it might be another full-stack application, a mobile app, or another video game project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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