Many planning tools begin with sign-up, cloud storage, and collaboration features. For a moving checklist, I wanted to test a narrower idea: can a useful planning tool work without requiring an account?
MovePlaybook is a browser-based moving checklist. A user starts with a move date, reviews a generated task plan, adjusts tasks when circumstances change, and can print or save the plan as a PDF.
The technical constraint was privacy: the product should remain useful even when the plan is stored locally in the browser. That shaped several decisions.
First, task identity needs to be stable. A user may complete, reschedule, hide, restore, or annotate a task, so those changes must attach to a durable task ID rather than a display position.
Second, temporary hiding must not mean deletion. A hidden task is excluded from the active checklist and PDF, but it remains recoverable through a dedicated Hidden view.
Third, schedule changes need explanations. When a user adjusts a date, the interface should distinguish between a recommended date, a tight timing window, a conflict, or something the user must confirm locally.
The product is available at https://moveplaybook.app/
I built it as a practical experiment in local-first planning. I would be interested in how other developers approach versioned browser storage, printable application state, and explainable scheduling rules.
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