The Journey to Inertia Planner

From concept to beta - an interactive look at how we built an app to overcome inertia

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Current Beta
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Phase 1: Foundation

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Building the core concepts: projects, habits, and basic planning

Phase 2: Planning Evolution

Completed
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Enhanced planner with productivity reporting and better scheduling

Phase 3: Three Modes Revolution

Completed
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Complete architectural rebuild around Student, Work, and Life modes

Phase 4: Student Mode

Completed
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Academic planning with classes, assignments, and educational projects

Phase 5: Work Mode

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Professional planning with expectations, work projects, and routines

Phase 6: Life Mode Integration

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Personal goal system combining projects and habits into unified goals

Phase 7: Advanced Planning

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All Items page and batch scheduling for efficient planning

Phase 8: 3-Day View & Rescheduling

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Daily planning view with easy rescheduling capabilities

Phase 9: Advanced Reporting

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Enhanced home screen and productivity reporting center

Beta v1.0 - Polish & Testing

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Bug fixes, settings implementation, and beta testing with real users

Beta v2.0 - Social & Smart Features

Coming Soon
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Events, social features, collaboration, and AI-powered smart scheduling

๐Ÿ”ง The Reality of Development

Building Inertia Planner wasn't a straight line. Throughout every phase, there were:

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Constant Bug Fixes

New features often broke existing functionality, requiring extensive debugging and refactoring

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Settings Everywhere

User preferences and settings were added throughout development as we discovered what needed to be customizable

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Feature Interdependencies

Adding new features required updating existing ones, creating cascading changes throughout the app

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Iterative Design

Features were built, tested, rebuilt, and refined based on real-world usage and feedback