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TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#11

I really like that more and more developers are doing the open-source/paid service option(no idea what's the term for it). I personally think it's great for both developers and their customers/users.

Do you see open source + self hosting could drive more adoption among developers rather than customers? Looking forward to hear your thoughts. Do you see model like Ghost could be a strategy to grow Open Source SaaS products?

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#12

Have we hugged it to death already or is it something else?

I don't think my server has seen so much traffic in so little time. It seems to be holding up pretty well, but there are occasional requests that take a second or 2. I'm keeping an eye on the monitoring ...

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#13
post #8

Thanks for this tool! However I think the UI is not really ready yet. I would love some transitions on the popup elements, as well as a keyboard control over the forms :) Since I couldn't find any tool that did the job for me, I ended up creating a very simple (open source) timetracking tool that suited my needs: https://gist.github.com/corentinbettiol/634b6f95928ccb702ac7... (pros: not in a browser, start when you s…

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Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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post #6

What I really care about is the time it takes to input tasks. The demo app link has a record button with a difficult to use form. Is there a faster way to start/stop the timer?

Hi, I'm the author of TimeTagger. Thanks for your feedback. Right now you can click the record button and since a description is optional, click start right away. Could you please elaborate how you would want this to be faster? A one click option, or perhaps a keyboard shortcut to start a timer? I'm eager to learn about potential workflows to make the experience more smooth :)

> keyboard shortcut

Always a good start for any speed increase

Are you familiar with emacs and/or vi ?

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#15
Once upon a time I had to do time tracking to 30 minute resolution; what I ended up doing was install an activity tracker, then at the end of the day or month based on what window was open I'd mark down work. It worked well enough for software development because my editor reported the currently open file to this tracker.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#16

Have we hugged it to death already or is it something else?

I don't think my server has seen so much traffic in so little time. It seems to be holding up pretty well, but there are occasional requests that take a second or 2. I'm keeping an eye on the monitoring ...

There's something with your certificate. Getting an alert on Chrome.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think my server has seen so much traffic in so little time. It seems to be holding up pretty well, but there are occasional requests that take a second or 2. I'm keeping an eye on the monitoring ...

There's something with your certificate. Getting an alert on Chrome.

Thanks for the heads-up. Weird, it uses Let's Encrypt, and I don't see any problems :/

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, I'm the author of TimeTagger. Thanks for your feedback. Right now you can click the record button and since a description is optional, click start right away. Could you please elaborate how you would want this to be faster? A one click option, or perhaps a keyboard shortcut to start a timer? I'm eager to learn about potential workflows to make the experience more smooth :)

> keyboard shortcut Always a good start for any speed increase Are you familiar with emacs and/or vi ?

Familiar as in I know them, and I occasionally use vi (over ssh), but not a proper user :) Anyway, I created an issue: https://github.com/almarklein/timetagger/issues/11

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

#19

I really like that more and more developers are doing the open-source/paid service option(no idea what's the term for it). I personally think it's great for both developers and their customers/users.

Do you see open source + self hosting could drive more adoption among developers rather than customers? Looking forward to hear your thoughts. Do you see model like Ghost could be a strategy to grow Open Source SaaS products?

It is an interesting model, and developers seem to like it. TimeTagger is the successor to a similar product that is not open source, which I've posted about here, but never quite got a response like this :)

I love open source and maintain several open source projects. By making TimeTagger open source, I was hoping to find a niche of "tech" users. And if it fails, at least the code can be useful to someone else.

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