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Re: Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day

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post #58

I love the product concept but the fact this person has an almost empty github and suddenly launches an app that can easily be spyware concerns me a lot :). A lot of security concerns with password etc.

Could easily dismiss those concerns by looking at the source code instead of snooping around their profile, especially if you’re on GitHub anyway :)

Re: Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day

#62
Pretty nice. How does it handle multiple displays? I've set it up with local Ollama, and it seems to only record and analyze one of my two secondary displays. It would be ideal if I can select which one is used if the recording is limited to a single display, or even better if it can record and analyze the entire multi-monitor desktop surface.

edit Nvm, it seems it always records the display that is currently in focus. That is probably the better way to handle it, since it automatically solves the "ignore what's shown but not interacted with on secondary displays" problem.

Re: Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day

#63
Great project! I’ve had a similar experience with Rewind and the related privacy concerns. A quick thought: if I recall correctly, Rewind performs OCR locally, so it only needs to send textual data. Since you’re focusing on macOS, you could rely on VNRecognizeTextRequest and skip the extra OCR complexity. It might also help to detect and mask sensitive information with lightweight models (e.g., BERT), especially when leveraging cloud-based AI.

Re: Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day

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post #50

"Records screen at 1 FPS in 15-second chunks.“ If it’s recording 15 seconds, how often are you doing that? Once every 15m as the analysis interval is 15m?

Looks like it's recording all the time and analyzes 900 screenshots every 15 minutes? And it keeps records for 3 days.

So I'm not sure I buy the lightweight/low-impact claim.

Re: Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day

#66
post #42

You should sell this to Lawyers and other professionals who bill per hour to reconstruct their billables for the day without missing anything. They would pay big money for something that recovered forgotten(unbilled) work throughout the day.

Devil's advocate opinion - this would also show how little per hour lawyers spend working :)

lawyers have minimum billable time, if they reply to an email in 1min they will still bill you 10-15min. Ask me how I know :(

Re: Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day

#68
post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Devil's advocate opinion - this would also show how little per hour lawyers spend working :)

I get the sentiment behind your comment but I have a few lawyers in the family and they work round the clock. They might be in meetings or pouring over documents all day that might not look like work to the average software engineer but trust me, they do work hard. And it's true for everyone - from junior interns to senior partners.

> They might be in meetings or pouring over documents all day

FWIW it’s “poring over” when reading carefully.

From Merriam-Webster

    “As a verb, pore means "to gaze intently" or "to reflect or meditate steadily." The verb pour has meanings referring to the falling or streaming of liquid (or things that move like liquid).”

Re: Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day

#70
I am currently testing the app. Maybe, for more engagement, start processing cards faster just after installation. It feels weird to have to wait 30 minutes, just show me at least a card. Like the fact that I am installing DayFlow would be a positive experience.

Compliments for the Wizard - that one works perfect at least with Gemini. One little detail: You have a Github Star button in it, that really was at a non-logical place and made me think.

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