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Re: Show HN: Flow Dashboard – open-source habit tracker and personal analytics app

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"Flow owns none of your data. That's yours." But it is stored in the cloud? Only google login? Guess I won't be trying it out then.

Yep, it's a web application. A number of people have commented that Google login only is a barrier, so will definitely be adding another signup method. The source is on GH with instructions to spin up your own instance if you prefer.

I guess calling it an app and saying that I own the data made me think it was an electron-app or something.

If I can't export the data (I see nothing about it) and it's not stored on my device I think it is a stretch to say that I own my data. I get that it might not the first feature to implement, but for the future that is something that at least I would expect.

Re: Show HN: Flow Dashboard – open-source habit tracker and personal analytics app

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post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, it's a web application. A number of people have commented that Google login only is a barrier, so will definitely be adding another signup method. The source is on GH with instructions to spin up your own instance if you prefer.

I guess calling it an app and saying that I own the data made me think it was an electron-app or something. If I can't export the data (I see nothing about it) and it's not stored on my device I think it is a stretch to say that I own my data. I get that it might not the first feature to implement, but for the future that is something that at least I would expect.

All data is exportable from the reports page. Looks like I fail to mention that in the about text, I'll add it there.

Re: Show HN: Flow Dashboard – open-source habit tracker and personal analytics app

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Awesome project. Currently I use org-mode for this but Flow Dashboard seems way prettier and user-friendly. It may not be flexible enough, but as it is open source I may be able to make it fit my needs. Sadly I tried to log in with my gmail account and it just returns me to the Login page again.

Did you ever make it into the app? If not, what browser are you using? If you find steps to reproduce this issue, please let me know, or file an issue on the repo.

Chromium in Debian. I installed Firefox now and it does work.

I'm not going to migrate from Org-Mode and Emacs as I'm too invested there but I find Flow Dashboard a very good project for people who are new to Quantified Self and doesn't want to spend dozens/hundreds of hours setting up their own system or don't need that level of detail/features.

Anyway, these are some features which I miss:

- Being able to clock inside tasks. Also expected time to completion of the task so you can adjust future predictions.

- Child tasks. At least projects should have them. Common tasks may just have checklists.

- Good editor and markdown support for the journal.

- Integration with some finance/budgeting app like YNAB or Ledger.

- Work without Google AppEngine. My journal shouldn't be a hack or a search warrant away. Too sensitive.

- Being able to schedule the tasks and habits. Maybe integration with Google Calendar, but privacy again..

Re: Show HN: Flow Dashboard – open-source habit tracker and personal analytics app

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Very interesting. My main concern is that such systems should suit their owners very well. But, of course, everyone has their own preferences regarding task management, time tracking, app ecosystems, usage patterns etc. Consequently, it is very hard to make a single open source project that fits everyone.

Me and my friend were working on a very similar project for the last 10 months, and we still hesitate to publish it (also, it is written in Scala, thus limiting potential audience). Below, I provide more information about our work, some insights discovered during development, and future plans. I hope it could help other projects too.

The project is focused on outsourcing memory, providing smooth, most of the time automatic, time-tracking, being hackable and keeping personal data private.

Key features needed for that are different integrations (we use JIRA, Trello, Hubstaff, Trakt.tv, Apple Health, sleepasandroid, Beddit); constant location tracking; convenient input (currently, Telegram bot with NLP capabilities, suggestions and autocompletion).

Eventually, it turned out, that chatbot interface works like a charm for actions like forwarding links to read them later, managing tasks in JIRA (when chatbot sends you updates, and then you can use your messenger to comment on or manage tickets; also works well with time-tracking), aggregating notifications.

We also have some analytics: daily briefs, time tracking summaries, metric-based reports. Another features include global search, flashbacks, GPX track export (to use with Lightroom, for example), history-based notifications. Future plans include: finance tracking, delivery tracking, ReSpeaker integration, newsfeed aggregation.

Re: Show HN: Flow Dashboard – open-source habit tracker and personal analytics app

#38
I recently discovered 'hacknplan' which has some nice project tracking features particularly suited to game dev, but could be used for anything... hacknplan.com, easy to use and I like the milestones and kanban style.

I wouldn't attempt using more than once tracker, and I'm not keen on tracking personal matters. I prefer the freedom of taking action on personal matters in response to how I feel and what's happening around me. A dynamic organic order, (or permissible lack of discipline).

Re: Show HN: Flow Dashboard – open-source habit tracker and personal analytics app

#40

I really like the look of this, though is there any way to self-host without google cloud components? From the local devserver instructions: >gcloud components update Looks like there isn't?

Not at present. I chose GCP/GAE because I know it well, and there's some convenience when integrating with other google cloud services (like BigQuery, gSheets/gCal, etc).
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