Weeks of Your

Productivity

life visualization

SHOW HN2023

145points
83comments
#434of 3,109 in 2023
Top 14%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

7 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.

Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Nice, fun idea to share

    From 2 comments
    • I have been wanting this for many WEEKS IN MY LIFE... I want to clone this and run it locally and add pics and a family tree and and and.... I love this.
      samstave on HN
    • Love this
      meremortals on HN

Objections

  • Depressing; increases pressure to do something meaningful with life

    From 3 comments
    • Sometimes I think this concept is depressing because it increases the pressure to "do something" with your life. When you are presented with the finiteness of your life you feel…
      msie on HN
    • This is a visualization of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years. I'm in my mid 30s and lately have been going through what I'm sure is a mid life crisis. Seeing…
      rubicon33 on HN
    • Oh god. No, no, no. This is horrifying.
      carabiner on HN
  • Slow performance and interaction lag

    From 2 comments
    • Date picker is broken, also it is really slow webpage for what it is doing. Every web developer in 2024 and forwartd should have average device released at least 10 years ago to…
      diimdeep on HN
    • > Any feedback is welcome. Top on my todo list is improving performance (reduce interaction lag). Maybe don't have it render anything until a valid date post 1800 has been parsed…
      TimSchumann on HN

Requests

  • Export or backup of data, or local running

    From 1 comment
    • Is it possible to run it locally or create backups or link it with some storage? Only reason for asking it is that I was thinking of something similar and started keeping a daily…
      kapitanjakc on HN
  • Faster date entry or manual input

    From 1 comment
    • One suggestion.... Make it faster to skip back and set the start date, or allow manual entry. I'm not even that old but it's a lot of months to click backwards on Android.
      seized on HN

Questions

  • Can the data be stored or run locally?

    From 1 comment
    • Is it possible to run it locally or create backups or link it with some storage? Only reason for asking it is that I was thinking of something similar and started keeping a daily…
      kapitanjakc on HN

Alternatives named

  • Tim Urban's Life in Weeks (Wait But Why)

    From 1 comment
    • As the page said, it's inspired by https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html, but I prefer the version on his post:…
      netsharc on HN
  • Spreadsheet approach

    From 1 comment
    • Another approach using spreadsheets: https://aaronbell.substack.com/p/visualize-your-life-the-easy-way
      a1r on HN

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