I built a minimal task manager with Next.js and Turso — here's what I learned

The problem I tried Todoist, Notion, TickTick — all great tools. But I kept spending more time tweaking my system than actually getting things done. I wanted something dead simple: show me today's tasks, let me check them off, move on. So I built Daybrick. The concept Daybrick is a daily task manager built around one idea: one day at a time. Duties — areas of responsibility (Work, Health, Learning) that group your tasks Tasks — scheduled for a specific day, so you only see what matters today Habits — recurring tasks with streak tracking Paths — multi-day goals with progress visualization No kanban boards, no AI, no complexity. Just your day, broken into bricks. The stack Next.js 16 (App Router) React 19 Turso (SQLite at the edge) Drizzle ORM Vercel for hosting and cron jobs Resend for transactional emails Web Push API for notifications PostHog for privacy-friendly analytics Some technical decisions worth sharing Why Turso over Postgres? SQLite is fast, simple, and Turso gives you edge