Building Criene

We all know the feeling. You get an idea, and 5 minutes later you’re running
npx react-native init MyApp.

Today, I started working on Criene (a discipline tracker), but I forced myself to do the "boring" stuff first. No code today. Just pure architecture.

What I got done: ✅ HLD & LLD: Mapped out the system design. ✅ Tech Stack Locked: Expo (Frontend), Hono (Backend logic), Neon (Postgres), and Drizzle ORM. ✅ Flow: Decided strictly how data moves before writing the functions to move it.

It feels slower than just hacking away, but I know this will save me hours of refactoring next week.

Tomorrow: The Database. 🏗️

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