Build Journey
I Dumped Four Apps Into One Repo and Hoped One Database Could Hold Them All
August 1: one repo, one database.
The Ford family · Josh, dad and builder of FamilyOrganization.app, writing up his build journey
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On August 1 I pulled my four projects into one repository: the iPhone app into ios-app, the Roku channel into roku-app, the Alexa skill into alexa-skill and the web app template into website. It was a fresh copy with no imported history, 143 files in all.
I added a README that explains the layout, and I set up a dedicated database schema in Supabase called family_app so every app reads from the same place. I also wrote down the Supabase decisions, and I noted that the Alexa skill hadn't been started.
That was the day: one repo, one database, and a place to build from. Here's where each platform stands today.
Built on August 1, 2026 (commit d37b23c). Written up on October 2, 2026 from my commit history.