This is awesome. For the next iteration, can you make a new list for extra days that need to be off for things like, oh, kids are out of school for teacher planning day?
Show HN: Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days
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#112Hey, that's an impressive site for being built using a code assistant.
I was wondering where you got the list of countries from or whether you're using a library for the dropdown?
(Curious because visiting the site from Taiwan it lists it as "Taiwan, Province of China")
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#113Looks like I just need to find a job that offers 251 PTO days.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry, I don't understand - why wouldn't you do that?
Parent (heh) means they have no choice but to plan their holidays during the days off in the school roster. Tools like these are pretty much pointless if you can take a day off from work, but your kid is required to show up in school.
When I had younger children, we would just pull them from school on occasion. This did require a bit coordinating with homework, teachers etc, but they don't have to be in school. On a more serious note, schools are there to serve you, be assertive about your children being yours, they do not belong to the state (at least in the USA).
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#115Would be interesting if you can also factor in a school schedule or Jewish holidays as well. There are probably other layers you could add because school schedules in the US and England are very different. After having kids and observing the challenges with another family through a nanny share in the pandemic, I need to apply these constraints, and it takes a few go arounds to get right.
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good luck traveling on work days!
Strange comment. Isn't travel on work days better? People are at work, so plane and train tickets seem to be cheaper on those days because there's less demand.
Yes, I traveled recently and flights were about 20% cheaper if it was Thursday-Monday than if any Friday, Saturday, or Sunday was included. Even given the extra nights of hotel I overall saved money on the trip because I extended it.
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#117Neat idea. I actually optimize the opposite. I want the most 3-day weekends I can have per year, as evenly spaced across the year as possible.
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#118This is a clever project; thanks for sharing.
It demonstrates nicely why I strongly prefer an "unlimited PTO" policy: I never want to have to think about any of this.
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#119This is a clever project; thanks for sharing. It demonstrates nicely why I strongly prefer an "unlimited PTO" policy: I never want to have to think about any of this.
Out of interest, how many days leave do you actually take in an average year?
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#120Would love to see a "use X days off between now and the end of the year" feature. Putting in the amount of PTO I've currently got gets shown for the whole year instead of just through EOY