WakaTime – Quantify your coding • Hacker News Board

I went to the site hoping that it would explain what metrics it is gathering and why those metrics might be useful. It might just be me, but I couldn't find that information.

Re: WakaTime – Quantify your coding

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Post by thomersch_ » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:45 PM UTC

Reminds me of http://codeivate.com, I really like it although it has some rough edges

Re: WakaTime – Quantify your coding

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Post by ekims » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:52 PM UTC

mikekchar wrote: post #4

As far as I can tell it measures the number of hours one has spent coding using each language. Does it measure anything else? I went to the site hoping that it would explain what metrics it is gathering and why those metrics might be useful. It might just be me, but I couldn't find that information.

It also measures the time spent in a git repository. The free version sends you a weekly email with the breakdowns. I've used it for over a year now, really happy with it.

You can also compare yourself to other developers, aka a leaderboard.

Re: WakaTime – Quantify your coding

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Post by ricklancee » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:56 PM UTC

I don't see the point of this other than the "cool i spend 50% more time in [insert language here] than [insert language here]" factor.

Also: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CannotMeasureProductivity.html

Re: WakaTime – Quantify your coding

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Post by mhaehnel » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:58 PM UTC

ricklancee wrote: post #7

I don't see the point of this other than the "cool i spend 50% more time in [insert language here] than [insert language here]" factor. Also: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CannotMeasureProductivity.html

For me, it's a tool to track my time i'm spending on which projects.

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Post by ricklancee » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC

mhaehnel wrote: post #8

ricklancee wrote: post #7

I don't see the point of this other than the "cool i spend 50% more time in [insert language here] than [insert language here]" factor. Also: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CannotMeasureProductivity.html

For me, it's a tool to track my time i'm spending on which projects.

How do you track time that you spend on the project that is not done inside the editor; for example research?

Re: WakaTime – Quantify your coding

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Post by nileshtrivedi » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 3:05 PM UTC

What I'd like to see is a tool that relates commits to bugs and feature which could have a dollar value assigned, therefore making it possible to capture value created in a given day/week/month.