TimeCraft
A project management board for tracking development progress
Project Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant
- Built by
The Beno Logs
Bloat
152/500Where it landed on the scale
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Summary
TimeCraft is a solo portfolio-style CRUD app for logging productive versus wasted time, rebuilt once with a React and Flask stack. It works and has a live demo, but it has no payment model, no clear audience beyond the builder's own habit, and it has been quiet since mid-2025. It reads as a learning project, not a product yet.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
The problem of tracking your own time is real, but the project is framed as a personal obsession and a portfolio piece. It states no prices, no target customer and no way to charge, and many free time trackers already exist.
14/100
Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.
Receipts (3)
The site says the app came from the builder's own obsession with tracking time, with no target customer or pricing.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · benonii.github.io/TimeCraft (opens in a new tab)
It's described as a simple CRUD app for logging productive and wasted time, with no business model mentioned.
“Update post on what I've been doing on March First half of the month I was working on refactoring one of my old projects, Timecraft. It's a simple CRUD app for you to log the productive time and wasted time you spend on your activities on a daily basis. The goal is for you to quantify the amount of time you put in towards achieving your goals. You can get daily, weekly and monthly reports. Also ”
Post · @thebludragon · 31 Mar 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
It was presented as a portfolio project, which points to a learning exercise.
“So I just did the presentation of my portfolio project. I had OBS ready to record it and share it here but I completely forgot to press record... smh. Anyway I think it went well. Here are the slides: [TimeCraft: Presentation ]”
Post · @thebludragon · 15 Mar 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
A basic time-logging CRUD app with reports is something a developer here could rebuild in a weekend. There's no proprietary data, local integration or distribution behind it.
6/100
Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.
Receipts (2)
The stack is standard (React, Flask, PostgreSQL) and the feature set is plain CRUD plus reports.
“Update post on what I've been doing on March First half of the month I was working on refactoring one of my old projects, Timecraft. It's a simple CRUD app for you to log the productive time and wasted time you spend on your activities on a daily basis. The goal is for you to quantify the amount of time you put in towards achieving your goals. You can get daily, weekly and monthly reports. Also ”
Post · @thebludragon · 31 Mar 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The features are task creation, time logging and reports, with nothing local or hard to copy.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · benonii.github.io/TimeCraft (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
Posts show work across about 14 months, but only in 3 of them, with a burst in early 2024 and a rewrite in March 2025. Nothing has been posted for about 551 days, so momentum has mostly faded.
14/100
- Sustained shipping12/60
Worked on across 14 months.
- Consistency2/40
Updates in 3 of 14 months.
- Quiet
No update for 551 days, so scaled to 20%.
Receipts (2)
Earliest post about it.
“MVP or (Minimum Viable Product )as I understand it is the smallest simplest version of your product that still solves the core challenge. It has all necessary features and NO MORE. And on that note, MVP outline for TimeCraft is coming soon... #dev #mvp”
Post · @thebludragon · 16 Feb 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“#timecraft #weeklyreport”
Post · @thebludragon · 4 Apr 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A working app exists in two versions, with multi-user task logging and reports on a React, Flask and PostgreSQL stack. It's thin and early by the creator's own account, and it runs on free hosting with no docs or accounts visible in the crawl.
64/100
- It's live20/20
https://trello.com/invite/b/4DeYpNYe/ATTIe5d2bf2cf01b1e0b0d314e02212cf32d53AFF7C8/timecraft-public responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Served over HTTPS.
- Real product25/35
There's a working multi-user app with tasks, time logs and daily, weekly and monthly reports, plus a rebuilt second version. The creator calls it early and buggy, and the second version's page returned no readable content to the crawler, so it counts as working but thin.
- Own home10/10
Lives on its own domain (trello.com).
- Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2025-04-04.
- Operations4/15
There are two GitHub repos, a static demo site, a deployed v2 on Vercel, and a backend with a PostgreSQL database. There are no docs site, API docs, status page, or visible accounts flow in the crawl.
Receipts (5)
https://trello.com/invite/b/4DeYpNYe/ATTIe5d2bf2cf01b1e0b0d314e02212cf32d53AFF7C8/timecraft-public responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · trello.com/invite/b/4DeYpNYe/ATTIe5d2bf2cf01b1e0b0d314e02212cf32d53AFF7C8/timecraft-public (opens in a new tab)
A demo of the current features was shared.
“Here is a demo of all the current features of TimeCraft. What do we think?”
Post · @thebludragon · 8 Mar 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The rewrite lists reports and a stats page, and says to expect bugs.
“Update post on what I've been doing on March First half of the month I was working on refactoring one of my old projects, Timecraft. It's a simple CRUD app for you to log the productive time and wasted time you spend on your activities on a daily basis. The goal is for you to quantify the amount of time you put in towards achieving your goals. You can get daily, weekly and monthly reports. Also ”
Post · @thebludragon · 31 Mar 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The v2 deployment is live but returned no readable text.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · timecraft-2.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
The v2 has a Flask and PostgreSQL backend with a separate frontend.
“Update post on what I've been doing on March First half of the month I was working on refactoring one of my old projects, Timecraft. It's a simple CRUD app for you to log the productive time and wasted time you spend on your activities on a daily basis. The goal is for you to quantify the amount of time you put in towards achieving your goals. You can get daily, weekly and monthly reports. Also ”
Post · @thebludragon · 31 Mar 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
There's no payment model, no stated prices, no distribution beyond the creator's own channels, and no sign of revenue. The project is solo and has been idle since 2025, so it doesn't look set to sustain itself.
54/100
- Distribution25/30
A web app on its own domain.
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing10/10
A pricing page or stated prices on the site.
- Revenue0/5
No post mentions paying customers or revenue, and no payment provider was found.
- Privacy policy7/7
Has a privacy policy.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support8/8
A way to reach support.
- Commitment4/20
The creator kept a public Trello roadmap, shared progress posts and did a rewrite a year later. It's still a solo effort with no team, dedicated community or funding, and activity has stopped.
Receipts (6)
A web app on its own domain.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · trello.com/invite/b/4DeYpNYe/ATTIe5d2bf2cf01b1e0b0d314e02212cf32d53AFF7C8/timecraft-public (opens in a new tab)
Has a privacy policy.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · trello.com/privacy (opens in a new tab)
The update describes features and tech stack only, with no mention of users or income.
“Update post on what I've been doing on March First half of the month I was working on refactoring one of my old projects, Timecraft. It's a simple CRUD app for you to log the productive time and wasted time you spend on your activities on a daily basis. The goal is for you to quantify the amount of time you put in towards achieving your goals. You can get daily, weekly and monthly reports. Also ”
Post · @thebludragon · 31 Mar 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
A public Trello board breaks the project into steps.
“Made this Trello board to keep track of my project. (Also, I figured out what a Trello board is). This should help demystify the process of making the project by breaking it down to steps. [TimeCraft - Public ]. #dev #trello”
Post · @thebludragon · 21 Feb 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The project was refactored a year later, which shows some return to it.
“Update post on what I've been doing on March First half of the month I was working on refactoring one of my old projects, Timecraft. It's a simple CRUD app for you to log the productive time and wasted time you spend on your activities on a daily basis. The goal is for you to quantify the amount of time you put in towards achieving your goals. You can get daily, weekly and monthly reports. Also ”
Post · @thebludragon · 31 Mar 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The last push to the v2 repo was 2025-06-17, well over a year ago.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/Benonii/TimeCraft_2 (opens in a new tab)