[Enginerd3]

"I figured some products would exist already to solve this problem, but I wanted to make my own."

But why? You could've used so many different products. You could've even used Google Docs.

[movedx]

There's a bit more to the story than simply solving a problem. I have other plans for the software and we have ideas about how we want to move it forward.

One of the key features is being able to "tag" an item on someone's wish list as "bought" or "buying". This allows others viewing the list to know that item has been taken. But there's also a requirement that the original author of the list/item cannot see that it has been bought otherwise there's no element of surprise for them come time to open the gift(s) :-)

Spreadsheets don't enable that privacy/secrecy.

[Enginerd3]

Still, I highly doubt that there are not any apps that do this already. I mean, my family uses Amazon wish lists and set it so that you can't see when stuff is purchased.

[movedx]

Like I said, it goes beyond just solving the problem. It's a learning exercise as well as a solution.

Have you never wondered what projects you can write to help you learn X or Y?