Show HN: Kadō – open-source habit tracker, with non-binary habit score, for iOS

Yeah, I really think this should be the new universal standard. Mostly for respect reasons, but also going through and saying “what DOES my app actually do?” (which is something writing a README forces you to think about) is pretty much the minimal last line of defense attempt at quality control.

You can and probably should do more quality control than that, but it’s a reasonable assumption that if the initial landing document hasn’t been quality checked, the rest hasn’t either.

I have a late ADHD diagnosis. For years I tracked my habits. I read get shit done and many habit books in my 20s. I obsessed over my tracking, believing on some level it would elevate my life.

Around 5 years ago, during covid I stopped. Looking back I can comfortably say that habit tracking caused me considerable distress and the benefits are mostly not there.

I now use obsidian and a digital peice of paper style. I use lists that have no timing or deadlines of any kind. When I am able, I pickup the list and do something.

This still causes me distress but the low effort, low maintainability method I find is just as effective and considerably reduces self punishment.

I also apply the same low effort style to journalling (also in obsidian). Journal entries are 'if I am motivated'.

After 20 years I found the best journal entries have 3 questions:

1. What's not going well

2. What's going well

3. What one thing will make a difference today

Great that you finally found what's working for you!

like the data openness, thinking how to wire it into Claude as additional data source.