About SELV.
I'm Max, based in Ukraine.
SELV started with a Google Sheet — 17 habits, each weighted by importance, tracking daily completion percentages. After three months I looked at the data and realized I'd been building a character sheet for my own life. That felt worth making real.
The part of the app I care most about is honesty. Your number is your number — no motivational pop-ups, no streak forgiveness, no cheerful spin on a bad week. That logic runs through most things I do.
Outside of this: I train regularly and pay attention to nutrition, read a lot about behavioral science and how people make decisions, watch films, spend slow evenings with my partner, and occasionally make something with my hands instead of typing.
What we believe
Honest data over cheerful spin
If you completed 23% of your tasks today, you see 23%. No cheerful message saying you tried. The number is the number. Adults can handle the truth.
You are the character
No pets. No avatars. No narrative layer between you and your data. SELV is a mirror. The character sheet is you — your actual behavior, converted to numbers.
Accumulation, not punishment
XP never resets. Missing a day hurts your completion rate, not your history. You did 45 days. That happened. The 46th day just didn't. Both facts are true.
Low friction, high signal
Logging should take 10 seconds. The dashboard is the reward. We obsess over reducing the steps between "I want to log" and "done."
We share back
If SELV grows, the people who actually used it — built bands, logged through hard weeks, gave feedback — share in that growth. We're calling this group the Founders Circle. Details are coming. The intent is committed.
Who SELV is for
SELV is built for a specific kind of person. You probably recognize yourself in some of these:
- →You've tried habit trackers before and found them either too childish or too punishing
- →You have ADHD or time blindness, and streak-based systems make you feel worse about yourself
- →You love spreadsheets and data but hate how much friction they create
- →You play (or played) RPGs and want your real life to have a character sheet
- →You want to see patterns in your behavior over months, not just today
- →You're data-motivated — you want numbers, not encouragement
If none of those resonated, SELV probably isn't for you — and that's okay. We're not trying to be everyone's app. We're trying to be exactly right for a specific person.
The tech
SELV runs on Next.js (web) and SwiftUI (iOS), both backed by Supabase (PostgreSQL with row-level security). XP calculations are duplicated client-side for instant feedback and server-side via a Supabase trigger for consistency. When they disagree, the server wins.
The design system is dark-only, data-first. Numbers are always in JetBrains Mono. Prose is in DM Sans. No light mode. No cartoon elements. Every visual decision serves the purpose of making data easier to read and understand.
Want to try it?
SELV is in beta. Join the waitlist — first 500 members join as founding members: early access, your name in the credits, and first invitation to the Founders Circle when it launches.