My first software project – a website to set goals and track progress
Two years ago, I started building this site that allows people to document their learning and progress in real time. The idea is: as you learn new things, you document your progress piece by piece, creating a collection of failures, breakthroughs, and knowledge. Along the way, your friends can cheer you on, and the community can give you tips and feedback. Over time, we'll create a public collection on how different problems were solved. With each progress, the site prompts you to reflect on questions like, "If you could go back in time, what do you wish you had known?" This was my first web…
My first software project – a website to set goals and track progress launched on March 7, 2024 with 17 votes, #1,194 of 4,270 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This website lets people document their learning and progress in real time as they work toward goals. Users record failures, breakthroughs, and knowledge piece by piece, while friends can cheer them on and the community offers tips and feedback. The site prompts reflection after each progress update and builds a public collection of how different problems were solved. Built with Angular, Python, Postgres, and AWS, it's designed for learners who want to track their journey and learn from others' experiences.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Why wait until you're done to share your progress? Why edit a YouTube video fully AFTER you've completed it? Opus is a real time, step by step collections how why & how someone achieved a goal. Our goal is to create the world's largest library of "I did it!".
Opus Café is the world
In the maker’s words, at launch
Two years ago, I started building this site that allows people to document their learning and progress in real time. The idea is: as you learn new things, you document your progress piece by piece, creating a collection of failures, breakthroughs, and knowledge. Along the way, your friends can cheer you on, and the…
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