Show HN: Vibe coded free life mapper that shows your life in weeks
(mapyour.life)
Please generate a life map first.
Please generate a life map first.
Show HN: Whenish – Plan Group Events in iMessages
(apple.com)
Plan events right inside Messages! Create date polls, share availability, and find the best time to meet—without ever leaving the chat.
Plan events right inside Messages! Create date polls, share availability, and find the best time to meet—without ever leaving the chat.
The value isn't in the code (2022)
(jonayre.uk)
Okay, I’ll admit that calling your software worthless was a shameless clickbait tactic. However, I will assert that it’s not as valuable or indispensable as you might think it is. You need two things to solve a problem using software, skill and time.
Okay, I’ll admit that calling your software worthless was a shameless clickbait tactic. However, I will assert that it’s not as valuable or indispensable as you might think it is. You need two things to solve a problem using software, skill and time.
Do It for 20 Minutes
(0x30.dev)
Putting things off is a destructive habit which paralyses millions into doomscrolling, into pacing around, into a thought-loop spiral that will make them feel their life is already over because they haven’t finished that task yet.
Putting things off is a destructive habit which paralyses millions into doomscrolling, into pacing around, into a thought-loop spiral that will make them feel their life is already over because they haven’t finished that task yet.
New Life Hack: Using LLMs and Constraint Solvers for Personal Logistics Tasks
(emschwartz.me)
I enjoy doing escape rooms and was planning to do a couple of them with a group of friends this weekend. The very minor and not-very-important challenge, however, was that I couldn't figure out how to assign friends to rooms. I want to do at least one room with each person, different people are arriving and leaving at different times, and there are only so many time slots.
I enjoy doing escape rooms and was planning to do a couple of them with a group of friends this weekend. The very minor and not-very-important challenge, however, was that I couldn't figure out how to assign friends to rooms. I want to do at least one room with each person, different people are arriving and leaving at different times, and there are only so many time slots.
My hours seem to slip away. How can I manage my time better?
(theguardian.com)
Your relationship to time is the “essential ingredient” in how you experience your days, argues Ian Taylor in his new book Time Hacks: The Psychology of Time and How to Spend It.
Your relationship to time is the “essential ingredient” in how you experience your days, argues Ian Taylor in his new book Time Hacks: The Psychology of Time and How to Spend It.
Xkcd's "Is It Worth the Time?" Considered Harmful
(will-keleher.com)
Years ago, I wanted to update a bad pattern in our codebase—updating the order of arguments to a function or something like that. This particular pattern was only in about 10 spots, so it would have only taken a minute to search and fix manually, but instead I spent an hour automating the fix using sed and xargs. And I think that was the right choice.
Years ago, I wanted to update a bad pattern in our codebase—updating the order of arguments to a function or something like that. This particular pattern was only in about 10 spots, so it would have only taken a minute to search and fix manually, but instead I spent an hour automating the fix using sed and xargs. And I think that was the right choice.
Show HN: 1st things 1st – Prioritize your goals, ideas, and tasks online
(1st-things-1st.com)
You have a list of options in front of you—maybe it’s features to build, investments to make, or career paths to follow. Every option seems important. Every decision feels risky.
You have a list of options in front of you—maybe it’s features to build, investments to make, or career paths to follow. Every option seems important. Every decision feels risky.
How we saved time (and money) on continuous integration
(datawrapper.de)
Towards the end of last year we started to get a feeling you might recognize. We were spending too much time waiting forcontinuous integration (CI) tasks to complete, often even longer than it had taken to make the change in the first place.
Towards the end of last year we started to get a feeling you might recognize. We were spending too much time waiting forcontinuous integration (CI) tasks to complete, often even longer than it had taken to make the change in the first place.
Show HN: Look Busy – Realistic-Looking Fake Calendar Events
(lookbusy.app)
Look Busy fills your work calendar with realistic-looking (but secretly fake) work events. Your co-workers won’t schedule conference calls and meetings, so you can get actual work done and reclaim your productive time.
Look Busy fills your work calendar with realistic-looking (but secretly fake) work events. Your co-workers won’t schedule conference calls and meetings, so you can get actual work done and reclaim your productive time.
The Illusion of Time, the Overflow of Being
(smolnero.com)
Time has quite literally been taken too seriously by humankind. Not just time itself — but all the layers we've wrapped around it: schedules, metrics, KPIs, urgency cycles. These clusters of fluff masquerade as structure but mostly serve to drown out the quiet. And in doing so, they distance us from a place of balance — that space between chaos and calm that’s vital to actually being.
Time has quite literally been taken too seriously by humankind. Not just time itself — but all the layers we've wrapped around it: schedules, metrics, KPIs, urgency cycles. These clusters of fluff masquerade as structure but mostly serve to drown out the quiet. And in doing so, they distance us from a place of balance — that space between chaos and calm that’s vital to actually being.
Show HN: For those who want to stay informed without reading 10 articles
(worldpulsenow.com)
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Show HN: Physical Pomodoro Timer with ESP32 and e-paper screen
(github.com/Rukenshia)
This is the repository for an ESP32 based pomodoro timer. It uses an ePaper display and a rotary dial for input. The code in this repository will not be ready-to-use, as some assets and fonts have been removed. However, if you really want to you should be able to adapt the code to your needs.
This is the repository for an ESP32 based pomodoro timer. It uses an ePaper display and a rotary dial for input. The code in this repository will not be ready-to-use, as some assets and fonts have been removed. However, if you really want to you should be able to adapt the code to your needs.
Show HN: Personal Time Tracking with Git
(doocot.sh)
Tracking time worked is unsexy at best, intrusive micro-management at worst. But I think understanding where time is spent lets individuals drive velocity through better choices. We can do this automatically with git hooks.
Tracking time worked is unsexy at best, intrusive micro-management at worst. But I think understanding where time is spent lets individuals drive velocity through better choices. We can do this automatically with git hooks.
It Is Now or It Is Never
(kottke.org)
It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not continue to work here.
It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not continue to work here.
Control your attention on the web – Block sites on certain days and times
(github.com/Bsodoge)
Focus Mode is a browser extension designed to keep you focused and productive while browsing the web.
Focus Mode is a browser extension designed to keep you focused and productive while browsing the web.
The Five-Week Solo Startup
(taylor.town)
There are no shortcuts. You cannot build a successful company in five weeks.
There are no shortcuts. You cannot build a successful company in five weeks.
Calendar.org
(sourcery.zone)
It’s a while now that I’m trying to use Org Roam’s journal to track my plans. For each day, I’ll have a separate dated file, which I can open with a quick key combination, and if I need some info from other days, I’ll use my project management tooling like consult-ag to find what I need.
It’s a while now that I’m trying to use Org Roam’s journal to track my plans. For each day, I’ll have a separate dated file, which I can open with a quick key combination, and if I need some info from other days, I’ll use my project management tooling like consult-ag to find what I need.
Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions
(theconversation.com)
Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
How I Ace Midterms at a Top CS School by Studying 1-3 Hours (and Skipping Class)
(rohan.ga)
I have a midterm tomorrow (actually)[0] and instead of studying I decided to write this piece on exactly how I spend as little time as possible on school while achieving decent results (top ~5-10% on tests).
I have a midterm tomorrow (actually)[0] and instead of studying I decided to write this piece on exactly how I spend as little time as possible on school while achieving decent results (top ~5-10% on tests).
Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate
(corporate.watch)
We are 7 weeks into Q1, 2025 (week 7 of 13)
We are 7 weeks into Q1, 2025 (week 7 of 13)
Work-Life Balance as a Manager
(yusufaytas.com)
As an IC, you close your laptop at 6 PM, log off, and forget about the work unless you are oncall. As a manager, you check Slack at 10 PM because someone might need you. Your calendar looks like there’s no time to do anything and you haven’t had an actual deep focus hour in weeks. Sounds familiar? Welcome to management, where your time is no longer yours. Or is it?
As an IC, you close your laptop at 6 PM, log off, and forget about the work unless you are oncall. As a manager, you check Slack at 10 PM because someone might need you. Your calendar looks like there’s no time to do anything and you haven’t had an actual deep focus hour in weeks. Sounds familiar? Welcome to management, where your time is no longer yours. Or is it?
Gaining Years of Experience in a Few Months
(marcgg.com)
This is a followup to what I wrote about how someone can have 5 times 1 year of experience instead of 5 years of experience. Note that some concepts and ideas will overlap as this is just a different way to look at the same question of career growth and pace of learning.
This is a followup to what I wrote about how someone can have 5 times 1 year of experience instead of 5 years of experience. Note that some concepts and ideas will overlap as this is just a different way to look at the same question of career growth and pace of learning.
Rethinking the C Time API
(oliverkwebb.github.io)
Out of all the components of C, its time API is probably the one most plagued with legacy cruft.
Out of all the components of C, its time API is probably the one most plagued with legacy cruft.
Speed matters (2021)
(scattered-thoughts.net)
I think that one of the most important things to focus on improving is how fast you can work.
I think that one of the most important things to focus on improving is how fast you can work.