Wow, the release was already 3 months ago. 😲 On 06/07/2025, I made the first public release of my Pelletyze app. In the first week of July, I had some intense coding sessions, getting everything to a point where I was confident enough to release it to the world. I'm really happy with how everything turned out.

So, what is Pelletyze?

For me, it is an attempt to collect data on my wood pellet consumption and display it in nice charts. I can keep track of the consumption and see when we used more and less. For example, we did insulation on our house, and this clearly shows in the charts. The pellet consumption was noticeably less than before, which is impressive to see. Nothing special, but it makes me happy.

A Bit on the History

We have a wood pellet stove in the basement. With this one, we heat our water and operate the floor heating. So usually I fill the silo with 15 kg bags every 3-8 weeks, depending on the weather. For this, I wanted to keep track of all the bags we used over time. So I created a database in Notion and maintain it. But at some point, I've found this solution boring and wanted to have more. To have some pretty charts and other functions, like a price checker of my favorite pellet dealer. Therefore, I've started creating this app with a stack I've known plus some new tools I haven't used before. The app is built with Next.js, Supabase, and Tailwind CSS (I started with vanilla-extract and ported the app later to Tailwind CSS.)

Can/Will this generate money? 💸

One thought was, maybe this app will make some money at some point in time. But I think the use is too niche to gain a bigger audience. I had the thought of charging some money with this app if there is a bigger user base, but for now it serves only me, and it makes no sense to add a price here. IF this is getting bigger and people start actually using it, then potentially yes. But it is my first bigger project that I released, and I have some more projects in mind I want to create; perhaps the others are more capable of generating money. 🤷 For now, this serves only me as a tool and a learning platform. And the app needs to grow first.

What do I have in mind for the future?

I have plenty of ideas, and I surely will continue to work on the app. For example, I want to add a logbook and a table for purchases I made to store the bills. Another nice feature I have in mind is to gather weather data and add it to the charts so one can compare when it was colder or warmer. Furthermore, the price scraper is a nice tool I've created to get the current price from my favorite pellet dealer. This can be extended to more providers and a price alarm, for example.

Maybe, after implementing more features, I can gain a small user base. This would be really nice when people actually use this app and I can get feedback. But for this project, it is ok if this will never be the case. I'm fine with it. 😎

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