Custom user login dashboard??

Ok ive had a look around and haven’t found exactly what Im looking for. I want users to be able to register/log-in and be directed to a custom page instead of the dashboard. Myabe this could be an upcoming feature because it would be great to control what your users see and are able to do.
I found a nice how-to https://brams.dk/2005/05/18/building-a-member-site/ …but It would be great if there was a plug-in that did this, I need to make even more changes than in the link above so im worried that any future wp versions will really mess with my site.
Is there any plu-ins that could do this.and if not how hard would it be to write one.