The Collector's Command Center
lead
engineer
Overview
The Collector's Command Center is a beautifully designed tracking app purpose-built for serious collectors. It lets you inventory your collection, track estimated values, monitor completion progress, and capture the stories behind your items — all in one functional, easy-to-use command center. Data stays securely in your browser with no account required. You get a working tracker with add/edit/delete, sortable tables, live totals, completion progress visualization, and CSV import/export so you can move your data freely. Real collectors are already using it and providing feedback to shape the roadmap.
Mission
The Collector's Command Center
What we're building: A beautifully designed, highly functional tracking app for serious collectors — a purpose-built "command center" for inventory, estimated values, completion status, and story arcs in one place.
Current focus: MVP v1 is live on production hosting — a working tracker with add/edit/delete, sortable table, live totals, completion progress, CSV import/export, a polished landing (screenshots + features), and an in-app feedback channel stored in Neon Postgres (database-backed, so real collectors' input is captured reliably). Data stays in the browser (localStorage). Owner decisions (2026-08-06): gather real-use feedback on the free tracker before investing in accounts — and when demand is demonstrated, build the sync-code middle path first (device-to-device sync through the existing DB, no accounts/email) before full accounts. Full accounts/cloud sync remains the likely later phase; data currently lives per-browser, so a collector switching devices starts empty. The business cannot charge yet — Stripe onboarding is pending on the Finance tab.