dev.to article #29 (paste-ready) — I built a manifest-driven dashboard so I'd never maintain another INDEX.md Calendar : 2026-06-12 09:00 PT Tags : #indie #python #flask #productivity #dashboard Word count : 1850 Cover image : 1000×420 — dashboard screenshot with TODO/Check/Run panels TL;DR After 100 ticks of indie hacking, I had 50+ markdown files (research, drafts, SOPs, code) scattered across INBOX/ , reports/ , products/ , and 6 Swift app repos. My INDEX.md was always stale because I'd ship a file and forget to update the index. So I rebuilt the index. Manifest-first : every shipped asset gets YAML frontmatter, the dashboard auto-scans, no manual maintenance. One refresh button = always current. Here's the architecture, the code, and what surprised me. The problem (you've felt this) Open your indie hacker repo.…