THE PROBLEM & THE SOLUTION

MAKU
2 min readFeb 28, 2021

First, let me show you the problem.

too many open windows

THE PROBLEM:

At first glance, it looks like a normal, open browser window. If that's what you also observed, then you have a problem too. 🤪

It's the number of open browser windows for me. Day after day, the number of windows would increase and I slowly start losing track of what task I was working on and this greatly affected my work.

THE SOLUTION: ONE WINDOW, FOR ALL THE LINKS.

A user's personal page where they can CRUD from.

The solution is a web app called Bokmoks, that stores all the links under their respective tasks. This worked perfectly for only me, so I shared the idea with Ben and Geoffrey, and turns out, they had the same problem.

So I added authentication and everyone can now add and organize their links, into Bokmoks, depending on what project they are working on. They can also make the “bokmoks” public or private, depending on what type of project they are currently working on.

Each authenticated user can delete and update their “bokmoks”. They can also add a description, a category e.g “c++ resources” and as many links as possible, under that bokmok.

NOTE: To add or update a link in the bokmok, use the “TAB” key, to persist it.

How to create a bokmok

CONTRIBUTIONS

I'm calling out to anyone that wants to contribute to the project, to send me an email, with the RE: BOKOMOKS CONTRIBUTION, here. There is a long list of TODOS(issues) that would take the app to another level.

This app makes life super easy for everyone and working with other people opens the app up to new exciting features and ideas. I'm looking forward to receiving your email and working with brilliant minds.

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