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What is RyTracks?

The Story

When I bought my first mountain bike, I quickly felt the need to keep track of some data about it. At first I used Excel spreadsheets — I entered all sorts of data about the bike, components, contracts (my first bike was a leased one) and settings. But at some point that got a bit boring…

How RyTracks came to be

Strictly speaking, this is already version 3 of RyTracks:

  • Version 1: Excel spreadsheets
  • Version 2: A Python app that never saw the light of day
  • Version 3: The current platform

I see RyTracks primarily as a platform for all data related to your bike and the hobby.

RyTracks is actively developed and open to everyone as a platform.

The Tech Stack

I’ll admit it — I have an IT background and have been running a WordPress blog about my IT projects for over 15 years. RyTracks is my new project. If you’re curious, you can find out more about the RyTracks stack here. (For all non-IT folks: this is where the boring tech talk begins — feel free to jump straight to Installation instead.)

  • Full stack running as containers
  • Modern frameworks
  • Scalable architecture
  • PostgreSQL as database
  • Authentication via OIDC
  • Unit tests for the entire app
  • Designed as a Progressive Web App (PWA)
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