Project Flow
🧠 Overview
Project Flow is a full-featured, developer-first planning tool that bridges the gap between whiteboarding and implementation. Designed to help solo devs and teams visually map, organize, and architect software projects from idea to deployment.
Whether you're tracking frontend features, defining API endpoints, structuring databases, or visualizing system architecture with diagrams—Project Flow offers a unified interface for clear thinking and structured execution.
🛠️Technology Stack
A modern stack focused on developer experience, combining Next.js 15 with TypeScript and a robust database layer through Prisma and PostgreSQL.
✨ Core Capabilities
✨Key Features
Feature Definition
Define and group project features with type, tags, and status chips
Visual Organization
Visually break down functionality before implementation
Status Tracking
Monitor implementation progress across features
📊Technical Highlights
🧩UI Components
📊Diagram Types
📈Feature Coverage
⚡Load Time
🛠️ Design Philosophy
Planning-First Approach
Developer ToolsChallenge:
Create a tool that addresses the gap between initial project planning and actual code implementation, avoiding the common issue of fragmented planning across different tools.
Solution:
Built a unified platform that combines visual planning, diagramming, API definition, and database modeling in a single developer-focused experience.
Impact:
Delivered a comprehensive planning cockpit that equips developers with the right tools to think, design, and execute complex applications before writing the first line of code.
📈 Development Journey
📅Project Progression
Concept & Research
Identified pain points in existing planning tools
Architecture Design
Designed system architecture and component structure
Core Features
Implemented feature planning and diagram integration
API & Database Tools
Built API documentation and schema designer
UI Refinement
Polished user interface and improved UX
AI Integration
Adding AI planning assistant and contextual prompting
🚧 WIP + Future Roadmap
✨Upcoming Features
AI Planning Assistant
Ororo-style contextual prompting for project planning
Diagram Suggestions
AI-generated diagram suggestions based on project context
Code Generation
Generate starter code from diagrams and API definitions
🔗 Summary
Project Impact
Developer ProductivityChallenge:
Develop a planning tool specifically designed for developers that enables comprehensive project visualization and architecture before coding begins.
Solution:
Created a developer's planning cockpit with integrated feature mapping, diagramming, API definition, and database modeling capabilities in a unified interface.
Impact:
Project Flow equips developers with the right tools to think, design, and execute complex applications without losing their train of thought, serving as an essential step before the first line of code is written.