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Show HN: No ads, no login website to track work hours

9 points by start123 3y ago

Since I went remote(working) last year, I found it hard to track my work/focus hours. To begin with, I started with my mobile stopwatch but found it to be inefficient and distracting. I then tried some time management tools online but they were geared towards enterprises than individuals. Plus, had too many features. So, last weekend I created https://www.timemygrind.com/ https://www.timemygrind.com/ - a simple focus time tracking tool that requires no login, no internet and has no ads. Once you finish your work, it shows the times in the table below. I usually pause when I take a break or go out for lunch and has helped me figure out how productive I am. Eventually, I will add more features but would like to hear your thoughts on this and remote work productivity in general.

skeptrune 3y ago
This is great. In general the paradigm of simple web app to solve a problem I think is good. Most "products" in the sense that word is used are too bloated to be viable if you just need it to do the basic thing. Kind of reminds me of invoicedragon
- start123 3y ago
  Yeah, I agree, I tried Toggl which is quite popular and was surprised how bloated it had become. The last time I used it was back in 2017 and it was a small yet handy tool for teams.
pettycashstash2 3y ago
Cool. I am looking for a way to track small team all people are remote. Any plans on building that type of feature
- start123 3y ago
  Yeah, that is something I am thinking of. Would love to connect with you to get more details. I am on Twitter https://twitter.com/byteblanq https://twitter.com/byteblanq if that helps.
nanobyte109 3y ago
Great tool! It would make sense to store the current work start time also in the browser so the work time is not lost in case of closing the tab/window/browser
- nanobyte109 3y ago
  btw: Whats the idea behind the 600kb image from unsplash?
  - start123 3y ago
    My bad, this is still MVP, will replace it.
jvanveen 3y ago
I tried to log hours with Wakapi and Wakatime plugins for Vscode and Firefox. Heartbeats are still collected when offline, but i'm not sure how precise the time tracking itself is. The collected data can be summarized on a project/branch level, which makes it suitable for hour reports. A first attempt: https://github.com/bitstillery/wakamonth https://github.com/bitstillery/wakamonth

9 points by start123 3y ago

skeptrune 3y ago

This is great. In general the paradigm of simple web app to solve a problem I think is good. Most "products" in the sense that word is used are too bloated to be viable if you just need it to do the basic thing. Kind of reminds me of invoicedragon

start123 3y ago
Yeah, I agree, I tried Toggl which is quite popular and was surprised how bloated it had become. The last time I used it was back in 2017 and it was a small yet handy tool for teams.

pettycashstash2 3y ago

Cool. I am looking for a way to track small team all people are remote. Any plans on building that type of feature

start123 3y ago
Yeah, that is something I am thinking of. Would love to connect with you to get more details. I am on Twitter https://twitter.com/byteblanq https://twitter.com/byteblanq if that helps.

nanobyte109 3y ago

Great tool! It would make sense to store the current work start time also in the browser so the work time is not lost in case of closing the tab/window/browser

nanobyte109 3y ago
btw: Whats the idea behind the 600kb image from unsplash?
- start123 3y ago
  My bad, this is still MVP, will replace it.

jvanveen 3y ago

I tried to log hours with Wakapi and Wakatime plugins for Vscode and Firefox. Heartbeats are still collected when offline, but i'm not sure how precise the time tracking itself is. The collected data can be summarized on a project/branch level, which makes it suitable for hour reports. A first attempt: https://github.com/bitstillery/wakamonth https://github.com/bitstillery/wakamonth