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New comment by start123 in "I relaunched my app thanks to one Reddit message"

start123 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:55:50 +0000

Link to tool I mentioned: http://timemygrind.com

I relaunched my app thanks to one Reddit message

start123 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:49:36 +0000

Post Covid - back in 2023 - when my company went full time remote, I wanted to track the number of hours I worked everyday.

Having worked full time in office before, the guilt of not spending enough hours bothered me. After looking for simple time tracking solutions, I failed to find a decent one that wasn't bloated with bells and whistles.

So, I built one over the weekend, bought the domain and used it for a few weeks.

I also showcased here "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38857075" and in one of the productivity subreddits on Reddit.

Eventually, I stopped using it and the domain expired after a year.

Totally forgot about it.

2 weeks ago, out of nowhere, a user on Reddit messaged me this:

"Hey, dude, hope you're doing well.

Just wanted to say TMG was absolutely amazing but I was sad to see it no longer works. Any plans to bring it back?

Cheers"

I was surprised that at least one other person was actively using it, and was impacted by its shutdown.

I quickly opened my laptop, and purchased the domain again on "Friday 22nd of August 2025" to be precise.

I reinstated the simple utility tool, and then for past few days, polished it, add few more features and here I am now, writing about it.

I don't know if something will happen to it, but I promise to keep it running for a long long time.

The Reddit user hasn't responded to my reply yet, I hope he does some day, and will be happy that its back online.

Here is the link to the time tracking tool https://www.timemygrind.com if you are curious.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45179806

Points: 2

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China's EV strategy: The overlooked role of buses

start123 — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:33:57 +0000

Article URL: https://streetfrontier.com/china-ev-strategy-the-overlooked-role-of-buses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42961003

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by start123 in "What I gave up to become an engineering manager"

start123 — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 07:43:29 +0000

How will you ensure you have the skills to be manager of managers without every managing people before?

New comment by start123 in "Hotwire: HTML Over The Wire"

start123 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:58:36 +0000

Is it me or does it look like JSP/ASP all over again?

New comment by start123 in "Continuous Social Media Scrolling Negatively Impacts Eye Movement"

start123 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:04:08 +0000

Customer support

New comment by start123 in "How to keep engineers out of meeting hell"

start123 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:16:34 +0000

Meetings are the only way to grow your career unfortunately. Nobody really cares how shiny your code is.

New comment by start123 in "[dead]"

start123 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:54:20 +0000

This is a great idea. I agree, the watermark thing is quite annoying.

New comment by start123 in "Show HN: No ads, no login website to track work hours"

start123 — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:59:33 +0000

My bad, this is still MVP, will replace it.

New comment by start123 in "Show HN: No ads, no login website to track work hours"

start123 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:20:14 +0000

Yeah, I agree, I tried Toggl which is quite popular and was surprised how bloated it had become. The last time I used it was back in 2017 and it was a small yet handy tool for teams.

New comment by start123 in "Show HN: No ads, no login website to track work hours"

start123 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:18:47 +0000

Yeah, that is something I am thinking of. Would love to connect with you to get more details. I am on Twitter https://twitter.com/byteblanq if that helps.

Show HN: No ads, no login website to track work hours

start123 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:46:55 +0000

Since I went remote(working) last year, I found it hard to track my work/focus hours. To begin with, I started with my mobile stopwatch but found it to be inefficient and distracting. I then tried some time management tools online but they were geared towards enterprises than individuals. Plus, had too many features.

So, last weekend I created https://www.timemygrind.com/ - a simple focus time tracking tool that requires no login, no internet and has no ads. Once you finish your work, it shows the times in the table below.

I usually pause when I take a break or go out for lunch and has helped me figure out how productive I am.

Eventually, I will add more features but would like to hear your thoughts on this and remote work productivity in general.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38857075

Points: 9

# Comments: 8

Ask HN: Is there a better way to interview than datastructures and algorithms

start123 — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:25:10 +0000

Is there another way to check the capability of a software engineer than ask him/her to solve traditional algorithms and data structure questions?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37179028

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by start123 in "Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?"

start123 — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:09:57 +0000

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler

New comment by start123 in "Ask HN: How can I make animated flowcharts to showcase architecture"

start123 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:37:10 +0000

I tried every other tool out there(Miro, Lucid etc) but none of them do this. Then I tried with plain CSS but found it to be very tricky.

Ask HN: How can I make animated flowcharts to showcase architecture

start123 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:32:49 +0000

I have seen a few websites that showcase design and architecture using animated gifs.

Here is one example(1st image in the link) https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-developer-launches-free-apache-kafka-courses-and-tutorials-online/

How can I make one of these where you can visualize packets of data flowing?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37087492

Points: 4

# Comments: 6

New comment by start123 in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

start123 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 18:28:38 +0000

https://shashanksthoughts.blogspot.com/

Started few weeks ago.

Why it is becoming harder to choose a phone

start123 — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:51:44 +0000

Article URL: http://shashanksthoughts.blogspot.com/2023/04/why-it-is-becoming-harder-to-choose.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35740671

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by start123 in "Show HN: Random Aerial Airport Views"

start123 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:21:16 +0000

Could you please add keyboard navigation. Arrows would be great!

New comment by start123 in "Show HN: Random Aerial Airport Views"

start123 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:20:21 +0000

This is fantastic! I usually use Google Maps to find interesting airports. This helps me discover more.