Punk Rock Planner

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  Dashboard

Inspiration

I'm a bass player, and in my own band we tried using all sorts of tools until we finally found something that worked. A lot of indie musicians and bands deal with the same mess - songs in voice notes, ideas in random chats, release dates forgotten, and spreadsheets that never get updated. The problem isn't always lack of commitment - sometimes it's just hard to stay organized without the right tool. That’s what gave me the push to build Punk Rock Planner using Bolt. After ideating the concept with Gemini, I found out there are some tools that tackle this problem already, but I decided not to explore them for now. I wanted to build my own take on it first.

What it does

Punk Rock Planner is a project management web app - but built with musicians in mind. The MVP (still in progress) includes:

• A dashboard for projects
• Task boards to track what needs to be done
• Band member management
• Mobile-friendly layout

Here’s the first version, built in Bolt:

How I built it

The project was built mostly by prompting Bolt.new, with occasional help from Gemini acting as a co-pilot for planning. Tech stack:

• Frontend: Vite, React, TailwindCSS, TypeScript
• Backend & auth: Supabase (my first time using it)
• Deployment: Netlify with a custom domain from Entri

Challenges I ran into

• Working solo meant wearing all hats - hard
• Prompting AI tools was a learning curve (seems so easy on youtube, but nope)
• Bolt is great, especially in the beginning: the initial prompts get you pretty far! But over time, the codebase starts getting messy, and keeping it working becomes harder
• It was challenging to keep the app stable as the generated code got more fragile
• I didn't managed to submit because I could not fix the errors after the final publish (to live domain), and hence not make a video - that was the one thing missing (plus all the small errors I decided to live with in app) I do believe these problems are due to lack of experience ... And I'll keep using Bolt for the next year to create new things that solve my own problems.

Accomplishments I'm proud of

• Participating was huge already - especially the events
• Got started on something I've been thinking about for a while
• Built a working prototype that tackles a problem I’ve felt personally
• Learned a ton along the way
• Will release something on my own!

What I learned

• AI-assisted coding is basically the new RAD - and it works
• Supabase is easier to adopt than expected
• The events gave me a better view of the AI/dev ecosystem
• The marketing session with River (the Figma one) was especially useful, also the Bolt 101.

What's next for Punk Rock Planner

This will 100% become a landing page - even if it wasn’t submitted. If you're interested in early access to the beta, just shout. I’m planning a freemium model with optional upgrades like:

• In-app chat
• Version tracking for songs
• Integrations with tools musicians already use Still exploring whether to continue solo or find a partner to move it forward.

Built With

• bolt.new
• netlify
• react
• sentry
• supabase