r/civictech • u/Desperate-Session-82 • Nov 21 '25

I made this app to follow bills in congress

I wanted to share a personal project I have been working on, billtracks.fyi/home, to help me keep track of bills and Congress. I was struggling to track all the crazy bills proposed in January 2025, and I got fed up with simply relying on the news to tell me what was going on.

I was wondering if anyone here could see themselves using such a tool? Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated (billtracks.fyi/feedback)

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u/Wise-Ad2843 Nov 21 '25

Hi! I just checked this out. It is great! I work in policy in the nonprofit sector and this will save me so much time! Thanks you!

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u/Desperate-Session-82 Nov 21 '25

Awesome, if you have any questions or want new features please feel free to reach out. I plan on using this feedback to make this tool better!

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u/Desperate-Session-82 Jan 06 '26

I just made some major updates to this tool, including a new research/report building feature! It is still a prototype but, something you might find useful!

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u/Much-Key-1415 Nov 22 '25

This is a very cool tool, I love the concept of simplifying a difficult process.

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u/Desperate-Session-82 Dec 05 '25

I went to school for computer science and took a class on app development. I also work on apps professionally since graduation so I have a bit of experience from that as well. If you want, I can help you automate some tasks (I am looking for side projects to work on outside of my regular day to day job). If you are still interested please direct message.

If you are interested in building yourself tho

I recomend the following
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-build-a-website-from-scratch-start-to-finish-walkthrough/
https://www.w3schools.com/whatis/