🌈 Looking for Guidance: I’m Building an HRT Journey Tracker Suite, but I’m Stuck

#architecture #discuss #help #privacy

Hello — I’m working on a project that means a lot to me and to the community it’s for, but I’ve hit a wall and could really use some outside perspective.

I’m building a small suite of offline, privacy‑first desktop tools to help people track different parts of their HRT journey: medication logs, journaling, cycle tracking, resource saving, and even a prototype voice‑training tool and so far the hardest tool to make, the the body change mapper. Each app works on its own, stores data locally, and avoids accounts, cloud sync, or analytics. The long‑term plan is to make it easier make, updates, new tool and combine everything into one cohesive app and eventually explore a secure web version.

The project Github can be located here

The individual tools are coming along well — but now that I’m trying to think about unifying them, I’m running into some challenges:

🔧 Where I’m stuck

How to structure a combined app without making the codebase overwhelming

How to design a shared data model that still respects local‑only storage

How to keep the UI accessible, simple, and consistent across tools

Whether I should refactor everything first or start building the unified shell

How to plan for a future web version without over‑engineering the desktop one

I’ve been staring at this for too long, and I think I’ve lost the “fresh eyes” needed to make the next move.

💬 What I’m looking for

Advice from people who’ve built multi‑tool apps or modular desktop suites

Thoughts on structuring shared components, storage, or UI patterns

Examples of similar projects or architectures

General guidance on how to approach “unifying” several standalone tools

Even just “here’s how I’d think about it” perspectives

I’m not looking for someone to rewrite my project — just some direction, patterns, or mental models that could help me get unstuck.

🌱 In conclusion

This project is meant to support people navigating transition in a safe, private, offline way. Accessibility and autonomy are core values here. I want to build something that genuinely helps people, and I want to do it thoughtfully — but right now I’m spinning my wheels.

If you have experience with modular design, PySide6, app suites, or even just strong opinions about architecture, I’d love to hear from you.

Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for any guidance. It means a lot.