Forem: Eugenio Giusti

Instead of switching tools, I started building my own

Eugenio Giusti — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:42:16 +0000

Lately I’ve felt like many tools I use are getting more complex or just don’t fit my needs anymore.

So I started building my own:

Spotly (maps)
BudgetKit (finance)
IndieDesk (projects). Still experimenting, but it’s helping me understand what I actually need.

Link below

https://github.com/eugeniogiusti/budgeting-app
https://github.com/eugeniogiusti/gestionale-dev
https://github.com/eugeniogiusti/spotly

BudgetKit — Self-hosted personal finance manager

Eugenio Giusti — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:03:48 +0000

Just released BudgetKit as open source.
Self-hosted personal finance app, track income/expenses, set monthly budgets and savings goals. No subscriptions, your data stays yours.

Still in beta, desktop/mobile frontend is being cleaned up

https://github.com/eugeniogiusti/budgeting-app

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Updating on my Budgeting-app

Eugenio Giusti — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:42:42 +0000

Update on my budgeting app: I migrated from NativePHP to a Laravel web app.
Ran into a few issues with NativePHP, so for now I’m going this route.

Might add a middleware to switch views: mobile → optimized UI, desktop → full layout.
We’ll see how it goes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFq3y3eKG8

Module Taxes on IndieDesk

Eugenio Giusti — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:07:47 +0000

Added a new module to IndieDesk: Taxes.

As a freelancer tax documents are always scattered everywhere.
Now everything is centralized: filter by year, download attachments, add deadlines to Google Calendar in one click.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pksu59Vynr0

https://indiedesk.link

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GitHub integration on IndieDesk

Eugenio Giusti — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:33:24 +0000

New feature on IndieDesk

Just add your GitHub repo link to the project and you get:

Commit heatmap for the last 12 months
Recent commits list with author, date and linked SHA
Repo info: stars, forks, default branch
Lazy loaded, zero performance impact.

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IndieDesk v1.06 relased

Eugenio Giusti — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:05:59 +0000

Updated dashboard:
→ new “Latest Costs” card next to revenues
→ Overdue Payments now full-width at the bottom
→ Statistics PDF — typography aligned with the invoice PDF

https://indiedesk.link

I built an open source map app to explore neighborhoods like a local

Eugenio Giusti — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:31:48 +0000

Spotly is a side project I built to learn and experiment with Laravel,
Vue 3, and Leaflet.

It lets you explore any neighborhood by category — food, coffee,
coworking, transit, gyms — using real data from OpenStreetMap.

Stack: PHP 8.4 + Laravel 12 / Vue 3 + Inertia.js / Leaflet.js / Tailwind CSS v4

GitHub: https://github.com/eugeniogiusti/spotly

Smart map for slow travelers

Eugenio Giusti — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:22:23 +0000

smart map for slow travelers — search any city, toggle layers (food, coffee, coworking...), save your spots

built with laravel + vue + openstreetmap data

What do you think?

Budget App Update

Eugenio Giusti — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:49:39 +0000

Update on the budgeting app: NativePHP looks promising, but it’s driving me a bit crazy 😂. Maybe I'll keep Laravel for the backend, but for the frontend I’d like to try SwiftUI since I use Apple devices and it could be a good opportunity to learn something new.

Will see

MobileDev #BuildInPublic

Nativephp... is that good?

Eugenio Giusti — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:16 +0000

Over the past few days, I’ve been experimenting with NativePHP to build a mobile app using Laravel.

I started with a budgeting app, aiming to leverage the stack I use every day instead of switching technologies completely.

The goal is to create a fast, focused tool to track expenses.

First build already running in the emulator.

It’s interesting to see how the Laravel ecosystem is evolving into the mobile space.

Laravel #NativePHP #MobileDevelopment

Shipped two updates Today On IndieDesk:

Eugenio Giusti — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:10:54 +0000

Shipped two updates Today On IndieDesk:

Timesheet PDF reports — select a month, download a clean PDF with worked days, hours, and total earnings.
Blaze enabled on all Blade components 97% less rendering overhead.

https://indiedesk.link

laravel #buildinpublic #indiedev

New module for IndieDesk

Eugenio Giusti — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:02:17 +0000

Just shipped the Timesheets module for IndieDesk.
Track worked hours per project, daily grid, hourly rate snapshot and reactive earnings calc.
🔗 https://indiedesk.link
📖 https://docs.indiedesk.link

Forem: Eugenio Giusti

Instead of switching tools, I started building my own

BudgetKit — Self-hosted personal finance manager

buildinpublic

Updating on my Budgeting-app

buildinpublic

Module Taxes on IndieDesk

buildinpublic #Laravel

GitHub integration on IndieDesk

buildinpublic

IndieDesk v1.06 relased

I built an open source map app to explore neighborhoods like a local

Smart map for slow travelers

Budget App Update

MobileDev #BuildInPublic

Nativephp... is that good?

Laravel #NativePHP #MobileDevelopment

Shipped two updates Today On IndieDesk:

laravel #buildinpublic #indiedev

New module for IndieDesk

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