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Re: Show HN: A minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking

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A little aggressive. Somewhat cringey. Mostly harmless. I’ll try it, continue to use it if I like it, and if I continue using it and you ever start charging for it I’ll vibe code my own given the lack of complexity.

Or you could just ask your LLM for other timer sites that do the same thing. Probably burn fewer tokens that way, since you seem to be so cost-conscious.

While the difference between $3 and $5 can often seem small, I find that the difference between $0 and non-$0 is massive. It completely changes the feel of the thing, suddenly you need to enter a CC number or similar when there was none of that before. Even $1 can be quite painful, especially for software. I'm not walking through a store in a mindset of buying things already, I'm just sitting at home, not planning to buy anything at all.

Re: Show HN: A minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking

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Anyone know an app that asks me what I’ve been doing instead? I can never remember to start the timer.

After-the-fact is the only time entry method I want to use.

Freckle does it well (letsfreckle.com), and so does Cushion (https://cushionapp.com).

Re: Show HN: A minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking

#26
I needed something like this and it was the first application i "vibe coded".

I added a feature to take in an estimation of the time i needed for a task and then lock me in. It would track estimation mistakes and keep a log of those. I also made it run only one instance in a browser. Works quite well.

Re: Show HN: A minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking

#28

Here's my take on a Timer: https://github.com/Klaster1/timer-5 . Local only too (it's a PWA), with optional JSON export/import and basic filters/stats. Served me well for more than 10 years.

I remember trying your in the past and really works for me. Only I find the layout a bit funny with the buttons spread out - do you usually use it on your iPad or phone maybe, instead of a desktop?

Re: Show HN: A minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking

#29

I built almost the same but reversed: https://timer.bryanhogan.com/ I made it for time-boxing, so setting myself a time limit on multiple tasks to not get distracted and get things done. I just made it to have a simple tool, so of course no monetization, local-only and minimal as well.

I love it. I made something for weekly planning a long time ago: https://obligabucket.netlify.app/ - same thing, local-only, and no monetization. Wasn't even sure it still worked. Feels like the task list aspect of obligabucket might fit neatly into the task list I'd set up over in flow timer when it's time to switch into execution mode vs planning mode.

For a while my time management just kinda took care of itself, but there are more distractions and competing priorities in life/work now so I might pay more attention again./

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