Show IH: I built a project tracker and accidentally discovered it was also a mental health tool
I've been vibe coding for about a year now and the further I go, the harder it gets to keep track of where I am across everything. I'd open a project, find my latest chat, and just pray I remembered where I left off. I had a messy note in my Notes app that wasn't really cutting it. Everything else I found was either too complex or not really built for this problem.
So I decided to build my own solution.
I created an app called Ekisoba that gives you a studio view of all your projects, each one opening into a clear timeline of your sessions. You add a new session by just pasting a prompt into your AI assistant, or syncing with GitHub. For the design, I took inspiration from Tokyo Metro wayfinding signs, which ended up being a surprisingly useful north star for someone with basically no graphic design background.
The app has been working great and I use it every day on my own projects. But here's what surprised me: when I finish a session and sync to create a new station, something clicks mentally. It's not just that my work is recorded; it feels like I stepped off the train and heard the doors shut behind me. There's a real decluttering effect, a way of setting down what I was working on rather than just stopping mid-thought and walking away. I didn't set out to build a mental health tool but I think that's part of what it is, and it might be the thing people think about least when they're choosing a productivity tool.
The broader observation is this: if someone like me (who still has to ask Claude whether I need to deploy after a change!) can build something this useful for myself, then I think almost anyone can. And I think that's where we're headed. The tools that help us build are going to be built by the same people who need them. The vision and execution is what sets each one apart.
How is everyone else here organizing their projects? Is what you're using actually working for you?
If you're curious about Ekisoba, it's live at ekisoba.app.
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The interesting part here is not just project tracking. It is the “closure” layer after a work session. Most productivity tools help people start, organize, or continue work, but very few help them mentally exit a project without carrying the unfinished context around.
That “stepping off the train” feeling is probably the strongest positioning signal in the whole product. The Tokyo Metro metaphor makes Ekisoba memorable, but the real benefit sounds more like cognitive offloading for AI-assisted builders: capture the state, close the loop, and come back without anxiety.
One thing I’d think about is whether Ekisoba will still fit if the mental-health/productivity side becomes the main hook. If it moves beyond a niche project tracker into a calmer work-recovery tool, a softer name like Lyriso.com could carry that emotional clarity better.