If you want to track it for yourself, go for it, but you should be pissed if your employer wants to collect that information.
Ask HN: Do you log your time at work?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you log your time at work?
#12I use https://wakatime.com for this. I use a Git branch for each feature/Jira ticket and at the end of the day WakaTime tells me how long I coded in each branch.
Looks interesting, can it distinguish time spent in the browser, so one would know if time was spent on pull request #33 rather than on Twitter?
It's more for coding time, using the text editor plugins not browsing time. Using the api you can distinguish between browsing activity and coding activity, but the website displays it as the same activity right now.
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#13I tried many apps/ways and finally created my own. It is a local web app I put together inspired by Slack bots/commands.
It is like CLI on a web interface with autocomplete and suggestions. I like it because I don’t have to click many things to add, view, or delete tasks.
Example: (/Todo-New taks name here –Project project name –Due 1/1/2016 –Tags #one #two #Three –Time 2h)
Anyways, I do track time because we bill hourly and eventually I have to move the totals for billable work from my app into our timesheet system (very clunky Microsoft Project Server).
Re: Ask HN: Do you log your time at work?
#14If you want to track it for yourself, go for it, but you should be pissed if your employer wants to collect that information.
I'd disagree. You tell an employer you're going to spend 480 hours on a project. You have far more responsibilities than just that project. A month later it is perfectly reasonable for them to ask how many hours you've invested, and what the remaining timeline looks like. I'd love to be able to automate this process.
Re: Ask HN: Do you log your time at work?
#15Yes – hourly for obvious reason, and fixed-price so I can improve my estimates.
I use Freshbooks for invoicing, and it also allows simple time tracking, for which I use a macOS dashboard widget (a bit outdated, but it works).
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#16If I am on a project uses JIRA, there is a good chance I will be using Tempo. Otherwise, I provide a cumulative account on a daily basis with the facilities built into JIRA, or directly to the PM (sometimes me) to account for my time.
In my experience, the requirement for per-task time allocation is not met with the appropriate review and tally at the PMO level.
It is more pain than gain.
Re: Ask HN: Do you log your time at work?
#17Yes, I use https://github.com/larose/utt
Disclosure: I'm the author.
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#18I use http://mydamntime.com of which I am the author. I track time there because it's easy to account for lots of task switching, then transcribe the summary to the company timesheet app at the end if the day.
Note: the mobile interface is very dated. I only use it in desktop.
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#19Utility to create jira tasks in toggl from issues and sync time entries from toggl to jira issues work log.
https://github.com/angusfretwell/jiggl/blob/master/README.md
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#20I also use Toggl, paired with either Jira or Trello depending on the client. To solve the annoying data entry step I built a small tool. It lists tasks with a "play" button to start the clock. When done or done for now I can stop the clock, the tool saves the time spent and potentially updates the issue status (or moves the card)