Um What Day Is It?

Because seriously, what day is it? Live at https://umwhatdayisit.com/

Background

Built in early 2020, this project was a fun way to answer the question a lot of people had during the repetitiveness of the pandemic.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Gatsby as a React-based static site generator
• Backend: Google Sheets as CMS
• Hosting: Netlify

You can read a detailed design doc for this project here.

New Backend (Aug 2022)

I recently revisited this project and decided to write a new backend using a stack that I didn't have much experience with. I chose to build a REST API with Django, a Python web framework, and MongoDB as the database.

• View the new frontend branch here
• View the new backend repo here