Write Today didn’t start as a product idea.

It started as a personal need.

At the beginning of the new year, I noticed how even reflection had started to feel heavy. Journaling apps were full of streaks, prompts, metrics, and systems. Writing, which was supposed to be simple, had slowly become performative.

I didn’t want another system.
I wanted a place to pause.

That’s what Write Today is.

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There is no shortage of journaling tools.

Most of them are well-built and thoughtfully designed. But many of them try to do too much:

• Track consistency
• Encourage streaks
• Measure mood
• Optimize reflection

None of those are bad ideas. They just weren’t what I needed.

I wanted writing to feel light again — something you do for yourself, without expectations.

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Write Today is built around one simple principle:

Each day deserves a quiet place to exist.

Not every day needs insight.
Not every entry needs depth.

Some days are a few lines.
Some days are messy.
Some days are empty.

The tool shouldn’t interfere with that.

This led to three rules that guide every decision:

• Writing comes first
• The interface stays out of the way
• Nothing should pressure you to write more than you want

If a feature doesn’t respect these rules, it doesn’t belong.

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Write Today follows a simple approach:

Remove before you add.

I intentionally avoided:

• Feeds or timelines
• Likes or reactions
• Daily goals or streaks
• Mood tracking
• Heavy formatting controls

What the app shows instead is minimal by design:

• Today’s date
• A calm writing space
• Past days, if you want to look back

If you forget the tool exists while writing, that’s success.

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The tech stack is modern but intentionally boring:

• Next.js (App Router) for structure and performance
• React for a predictable mental model
• Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui for clean, consistent UI primitives
• Framer Motion used sparingly, only where motion adds clarity
• Supabase for authentication and data storage
• Zustand for a small, predictable client-side state layer

Nothing here is experimental.

The goal was to make the engineering disappear into the background, just like the UI.

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Write Today allows anonymous usage by default.

This was a deliberate choice.

You shouldn’t have to commit to an account just to write a thought. If you want to sign in later, you can. If you don’t, that’s fine too.

Lowering that initial friction matters more than perfect user models.

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When you save an entry, it appears immediately.

Even before it’s fully persisted.

This optimistic approach isn’t just a technical choice — it reinforces a feeling:

Your words are already valid.
The system can catch up later.

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People often ask about future features.

Here are things I’m deliberately not rushing into:

• Analytics and dashboards
• AI summaries or scores
• Social features
• Gamification
• Monetization hooks

Not because they’re bad ideas, but because they can easily change the tone of the space.

For now, restraint is the feature.

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Write Today will grow slowly.

Only features that:

• Reduce friction
• Improve clarity
• Stay invisible while writing

will make it in.

Growth doesn’t have to mean complexity. Sometimes it just means protecting the original feeling.

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Write Today isn’t trying to change how you think.

It’s just giving today a place to land.

If that’s all it ever does, that’s enough.

You can try it here:

https://writetoday.in

No onboarding.
No pressure.

Just today.