Hacker News: Swalden123

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

Swalden123 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:16:14 +0000

SoberStack: a sobriety/recovery tracker built around the idea of focusing on sober days rather then streaks so it's not all or nothing. It uses a Github style contribution graph.

https://soberstack.app/

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

Swalden123 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:45:58 +0000

I've been building SoberStack (https://soberstack.app). It's the first side project I've taken on in a few years.

It's a free sobriety app for any bad habits I built for myself. Most sobriety apps reset your counter to zero when you slip, but it uses a Github style contribution graph to show you how far you have come. I also use it to track urges, and store a toolbox that is a reminder if why I am quitting something and what I can do instead every time I have an urge.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Proposal: JavaScript Structs"

Swalden123 — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:25:52 +0000

Classes are still built around prototype inheritance, there are some differences, however they are still an easier to use api on top.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: What are you reading Feb 2024"

Swalden123 — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 21:26:56 +0000

I’ve been looking forward to getting to that part.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: What are you reading Feb 2024"

Swalden123 — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:59:46 +0000

I’ve been working through the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, reading Stillness is the Key and Siddhartha.

The SICP might take me a year.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Lubricate Your Keyholes"

Swalden123 — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:29:26 +0000

Lost me at calling WD40 lubricant. Although I do agree with the premise, it is very satisfying when it is easy to open your door.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards"

Swalden123 — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:01:12 +0000

I get skipping days is against the algorithm, but wouldn’t it be better to simply freeze the algorithm for a few days opposed to get a backlog at all? A backlog would break the habit for me making me unlikely to return.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards"

Swalden123 — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:42:09 +0000

The fact I didn’t know about SRS till I was 30, is a sad one. School and university would have been much easier for me had I known about it. I am very happy for it to be posted constantly!

New comment by Swalden123 in "Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards"

Swalden123 — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:41:08 +0000

I managed to finally switch to using Vim after years of attempts, once I used Anki to help me memorize the common commands. I was less frustrated when using it day to day.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards"

Swalden123 — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:38:37 +0000

Is there no way to skip a day? And simply pause?

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell"

Swalden123 — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:55:46 +0000

All SwiftUI, it is built within Apple's iCloud ecosystem using core data. It's a great way to get an app up and running with sync very quickly, but then you are stuck on Apple's platform.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell"

Swalden123 — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:38:29 +0000

I built https://www.CheckYourList.app originally for myself for spontanous checklists that I go through regularly. Happy to say it just passed $500 a month recently :)

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?"

Swalden123 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:54:06 +0000

I forgot I needed to migrate everything away. Here’s the AppStore link https://apps.apple.com/au/app/five-tasks-tiny-to-do-list/id6...

New comment by Swalden123 in "Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?"

Swalden123 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:59:39 +0000

A Pomodoro timer because I figured for such a simple app I could make one myself that I can adjust to what I want it to be.

CheckYourList.app for routine checklists.

A now discontinued Woolworths (Aussie grocery store) price alert per product when I used to bulk buy for my online chocolate business.

A personal note taking app, focused on capturing hashtagged notes quickly into markdown files which I may release publicly one day.

Beeptestwatch.com to do beep tests without sound from my Apple Watch

Autounsubscribe.me to clean up my inbox.

Getfive.app as an attempt to limit my infinite todo lists.

Some of these apps I released as products, but they all start as an app I built for myself.

New comment by Swalden123 in "WordPress plugins are a little sad?"

Swalden123 — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:59:27 +0000

I personally really like the block editor. Much better then the shortcode hell we had before.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Things I wish I knew before moving 50K lines of code to React Server Components"

Swalden123 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:48:59 +0000

Gatsby is in react

New comment by Swalden123 in "Every time you click this link, it will send you to a random Web 1.0 website"

Swalden123 — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:50:56 +0000

This was a blast from the past

A daggerfall fan site.

http://www.jceason.dircon.co.uk/dagger/dfindex.htm

New comment by Swalden123 in "The core problem with hamburger menus"

Swalden123 — Sat, 06 May 2023 00:12:23 +0000

There’s a problem with hamburger menus, but this footer link system is a hamburger menu. You click a button to see a menu. Same interaction.

New comment by Swalden123 in "Why I develop on Windows"

Swalden123 — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:27:43 +0000

Regarding NodeJS and being cross platform, why didn’t the company just use path.join?

New comment by Swalden123 in "Four ways to build web apps"

Swalden123 — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:02:37 +0000

Seems overly complicated.

Easier way > HTML + CSS + Javascript (vanilla or framework) + Server side language of choice.

Deploying is not building.