Created In-House Version

On Sunday I recorded myself building the initial WizardsAbacus.com website from scratch. This included everything from setting up the BitBucket repository, creating the SQL database, importing the core tables and data from Wizards Toolkit and the new Abacus tables, to building the initial web pages.

This first version will only be used by myself and my staff so I took a few short-cuts. I was able to have a working site within 3 hours and 18 minutes. This included having web pages to manage clients, their projects, associated tasks, and time logs.

I was using Filmora to do the screen captures and unfortunately about 45 minutes was not recorded properly - just the audio recorded. Today I'll be taking the film recording that did work and make a "Build in Public" video out of it.

I'm very curious as to which would be better. Just post the full 2.5 hours as a "Build in Public" video. Or to post a "Highlights only" video which will be 15 or 20 minutes and would show the process but not all the nitty-gritty. My plan is to create/post the "Highlights only" and ask for comments and feedback as to whether my YouTube channel wants the full version or not.

https://www.youtube.com/BusinessOfProgramming

The good news is I have been using the WizardsAbacus all day Monday and Tuesday. I've made some minor enhancements regarding time log page so the start time defaults and there is a "Stop Time" button to set the stop time to "now". I'm already getting good use out of this time tracker.

Note, I don't plan on working on making this perfect just yet. I built it now so I can track my time while I build my next SaaS. I really want to show off how fast I can build a SaaS from scratch using Wizards Toolkit. For now I'll be using the Wizards Abacus and slowly enhancing it as I need new features.