Every Monday I'd sit down for our team sync and draw a blank.

What did I actually work on last week? How many hours did I put in? Was I in flow or just firefighting?

I had no good answer. Tasks were scattered, time was untracked, and my overtime was invisible — even to me.

The problem with existing tools

I tried a few things. Project boards were too heavy — built for teams, not solo devs. Timer apps were too simple — just a countdown with no context. Notes apps didn't connect to tasks at all.

I didn't want another subscription stack. I wanted one place that understood how a developer actually thinks during a workday.

So I built it myself.

What I ended up building

Melonix is a personal developer workspace with four core pieces:

Kanban boards — to track what I'm actually working on day to day, separate from whatever the company board says

Time tracking with overtime visibility — so I know exactly where my hours go each week

Built-in focus timer — Pomodoro style, no separate app needed

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