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Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by mikeg8 » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:36 PM UTC

ccallebs wrote: post #7

Just some somewhat-constructive feedback: It's always a pet peeve of mine to see the default bootstrap theme on new web apps. It doesn't take a lot of effort to customize it and doing so goes a long way to provide a sense of authority about your application. I know it doesn't seem like that big of a deal (and for all I know, I could be alone with this sentiment) but it makes a world of difference for me. That being s…

I agree. I think your comment was constructive.

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by frankcaron » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:36 PM UTC

Awesome idea. Getting devs to track time is always a pain, and this kind of thing is a great way to get the data needed for less-annoying project management.

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by thesorrow » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:41 PM UTC

This is a great idea but would love to have the same thing for org-mode with git commit message integration

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by gokulk » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:51 PM UTC

I would be able to use it if there was a way to just keep the data only in my computer.

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by joshuak » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:53 PM UTC

jaxn wrote: post #3

How is this different from http://rescuetime.com (other than only tracking the text editor)?

Or http://timingapp.com which does track what files you work on, and can be grouped into projects?

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by feronull » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:53 PM UTC

There is bug on the windows when I changed file terminal window popup.

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by canthonytucci » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:54 PM UTC

ccallebs wrote: post #7

Just some somewhat-constructive feedback: It's always a pet peeve of mine to see the default bootstrap theme on new web apps. It doesn't take a lot of effort to customize it and doing so goes a long way to provide a sense of authority about your application. I know it doesn't seem like that big of a deal (and for all I know, I could be alone with this sentiment) but it makes a world of difference for me. That being s…

Doesn't bother me in the least.

Bootstrap offers sane defaults and presents users with a familiar experience.

If my choices are color/design decisions made by someone who's specialty is something else, or just vanilla bootstrap, I'd encourage the latter.

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by jbrooksuk » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:55 PM UTC

I'm currently making use of Codeivate - http://codeivate.com/ - it's pretty awesome!

You can check my progress here, http://www.codeivate.com/users/jbrooksuk

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by krudnicki » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 4:55 PM UTC

jaxn wrote: post #3

How is this different from http://rescuetime.com (other than only tracking the text editor)?

http://www.timecamp.com can automatically capture time based on keywords in window titles, very similar

Re: Show HN: My time tracking tool for your text editor

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Post by eblume » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 5:09 PM UTC

A really cool idea, but probably not useable by anyone working on proprietary software, I'm afraid. I'd love to use it as a productivity app - particularly if you could segment the data based on the active git branch - but transmitting file information over the wire is a non starter for myself (and I imagine many others).

Have you considered maybe supporting output via some sort of graphing language instead? (R springs to mind.)