Floutwork
Productivity
productivity system
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
10 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Execution: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 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
Likes the idea of designing for focus time
From 1 comment
I love the concept! Modern interrupt-driven workflows are horrible if you want to get real work done, designing for focus time is a great idea. How is it with privacy, PII, and…
zenkat on HN
Looks pretty slick
From 1 comment
Looks pretty slick. When I click "Download macOS App" it downloads an .exe file.
redmattred on HN
Objections
Subscription pricing is off-putting
From 1 comment
Subscription pricing. No thanks, I'll keep using Notepad++ with two panes, one for writing and one for todos.
KingOfCoders on HN
Needs more disclosure about company and codebase, plus privacy concerns
From 1 comment
There's a real market for this, and this is a really ambitious app. So much so that I'm very skeptical it will work without significant resources behind it. So you'd need to…
pirate787 on HN
Mac download link served an .exe file and a risky Dropbox link
From 3 comments
Looks pretty slick. When I click "Download macOS App" it downloads an .exe file.
redmattred on HNThis surprised me too, and not in a good way. I got that scary old feeling from the early-2000s when a surprise exe appeared.
tony_cannistra on HNYeah, it loads a download windows button too but links to the same sketchy dropbox download link. I'd be wary of installing random apps nowadays with crypto hacks and what not. I…
tough on HN
Name is confusing next to Focus Work
From 1 comment
There's a real market for this, and this is a really ambitious app. So much so that I'm very skeptical it will work without significant resources behind it. So you'd need to…
pirate787 on HN
Requests
Show pricing before signing up
From 1 comment
This looks neat, but there’s no world in which I start using this product without knowing the price. Too much of a commitment to add this to my routine to find out you’re…
650REDHAIR on HN
Host the download yourself instead of Dropbox
From 1 comment
>Link temporarily disabled Dropbox has not disabled your downloads, can't you host it yourself?
JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B on HN
Questions
Is all data processed locally or uploaded to the cloud?
From 1 comment
I love the concept! Modern interrupt-driven workflows are horrible if you want to get real work done, designing for focus time is a great idea. How is it with privacy, PII, and…
zenkat on HN
Is it basically a browser focused on productivity?
From 1 comment
Interesting. Is this basically a browser that's focused on productivity? Seems like it's just adding different sites as "apps" that I can switch between?
dhruvarora013 on HN
Alternatives named
Loop Habit Tracker
From 1 comment
Try Loop Habit Tracker.
gman83 on HN
Pixelist
From 1 comment
Apologies if this is uncouth, but if anyone wants the opposite of this product, check out Pixelist on the App Store: it’s a 100% free and private, extremely minimalist habit…
_jcrossley on HN
Notepad++ with two panes
From 1 comment
Subscription pricing. No thanks, I'll keep using Notepad++ with two panes, one for writing and one for todos.
KingOfCoders on HN
Google Sheets and Google Calendar
From 1 comment
My issue is that with productivity theres a big factor of "good data in good data out". If a system is too overdesigned it often gets underutilized. I used to have complicated…
CE02 on HN