Show HN: In the next hour I will

#1

Post by zarathustra333 » Sun, Jul 02, 2023, 6:48 PM UTC

Being a lazy college student I was having trouble keeping myself accountable on short tasks so I built a tool to fix that! Would love to have you give it a try & hear your feedback!

https://inthenexthouriwill.vercel.app/

Show HN: In the next hour I will
inthenexthouriwill.vercel.app

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#2

Post by necovek » Sun, Jul 02, 2023, 7:58 PM UTC

I have no idea how will the tool know that I "succeeded": failing is covered in the FAQ, but not succeeding.

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#3

Post by Fudgel » Sun, Jul 02, 2023, 11:13 PM UTC

What charities are supported?

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#4

Post by zarathustra333 » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 3:21 AM UTC

necovek wrote: post #2

I have no idea how will the tool know that I "succeeded": failing is covered in the FAQ, but not succeeding.

Fair point I should make that clearer. I will review your proof and if you succeed (keep your pledge) nothing happens and your card wont be charged :) Would love for you to give it a try and hear your feedback!

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#5

Post by zarathustra333 » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 3:22 AM UTC

Fudgel wrote: post #3

What charities are supported?

Haven't thought about that yet, but the plan for V1 is to reappropriate all the proceeds to the right place and post a blog post highlighting proof ive done so, money in - money out.

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#6

Post by sonof0dn » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 1:43 PM UTC

Don't forget to update your footer

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#7

Post by tendencydriven » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 7:31 AM UTC

You’re relying on a lot of trust from your users here, if you’re the person that decides if they have kept their pledge or not. Also, not having a list of supported charities and just writing a blog post to prove where the money has gone is also asking a lot.

Instead, I would rather have your other users vote on whether a pledge was actually fulfilled, and have some better method of distributing the money to charities.

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#8

Post by zarathustra333 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 5:14 PM UTC

sonof0dn wrote: post #6

Don't forget to update your footer

Oops, thank you

Re: Show HN: In the next hour I will

#9

Post by zarathustra333 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 5:15 PM UTC

tendencydriven wrote: post #7

You’re relying on a lot of trust from your users here, if you’re the person that decides if they have kept their pledge or not. Also, not having a list of supported charities and just writing a blog post to prove where the money has gone is also asking a lot. Instead, I would rather have your other users vote on whether a pledge was actually fulfilled, and have some better method of distributing the money to charitie…

Thats a good idea. This was very much a v1, but in v2 I will incorporate your feedback!