--- title: How I built my own productivity app | daily.dev description: With #christmashackathon, I decided to build my own productivity app. The idea was quite simple. All I wanted was a bunch of productivity tools like a Pomodoro... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-built-my-own-productivity-app-xoyptepjv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How I built my own productivity app | daily.dev og:description: With #christmashackathon, I decided to build my own productivity app. The idea was quite simple. All I wanted was a bunch of productivity tools like a Pomodoro... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-built-my-own-productivity-app-xoyptepjv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xoYPTEpJV.png og:image:alt: How I built my own productivity app og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How I built my own productivity app **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@rutikwankhade](https://daily.dev/rutikwankhade) · 5 min read · 41 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary With #christmashackathon, I decided to build my own productivity app. The idea was quite simple. All I wanted was a bunch of productivity tools like a Pomodoro clock, a to-do list, sticky notes altogether. The biggest challenge was turning a react app into a chrome extension. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@iabbaskhan** · 1 upvotes > A very great and interesting product. **@andrerm** · 1 upvotes > I enjoy the minimalist design. I resonate with a lot of what you say in the post. The frustration of getting stuck, the joy of getting the feature to work, and you didn't mention but I bet if feels nice to use something you created yourself. > Great work! --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-built-my-own-productivity-app-xoyptepjv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How I built my own productivity app","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-built-my-own-productivity-app-xoyptepjv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-built-my-own-productivity-app-xoyptepjv"},"datePublished":"2021-01-01T14:23:09.577Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T08:30:15.971Z","description":"With #christmashackathon, I decided to build my own productivity app. The idea was quite simple. 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