Day by Day
Productivity
life visualisation
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 5 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good visual representation of time that puts life in perspective.
From 3 comments
This is great. For me, visually representing this data always has more impact. If you’ve not read it, I recommend Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman.…
aaronmoodie on HNI love visual representations of time passing like this, they really help to put it in perspective. I use something similiar that only covers a year (kinda like GitHub's activity…
dattiimo on HNI love this. Is it open source? I would love to create my own with my milestones.
pstorm on HN
Motivating reminder to make the most of each day.
From 1 comment
Many commenters have remarked that this is “grim” or “depressing”. I couldn’t disagree more. It is the limited amount of time we have here that gives every day value. This is a…
lumb63 on HN
Objections
Feels grim or depressing.
From 3 comments
Oh my lord, this is grim. For everything that could have been, your life is reduced to worker bee dots and squares on a graph? These look like tally marks in a Great Escape…
barrysteve on HN> 5th January 2023: Found out Rebecca was pregnant. > 7th February 2023: My father passes away. That's right up there with For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
gnfargbl on HNHaving a mortality crisis is common after your dad dies, as seems to be happening with the author of this site. This is definitely not the way to deal with it, IMO.
IAmGraydon on HN
Mortality framing may not be healthy.
From 2 comments
Having a mortality crisis is common after your dad dies, as seems to be happening with the author of this site. This is definitely not the way to deal with it, IMO.
IAmGraydon on HNI have thought about this as well thinking it would motivate me but idk... if I really cared about not wanting to die I would devote my life to brain to machine consciousness…
ge96 on HN
Requests
Automatically generate the view from photo timelines.
From 1 comment
I would love to see something like this, but automatically generated using the pictures I took. My smartphone photos-timeline dates back to 2008, which I can scroll through…
landgenoot on HN
Shorter representation for youth or physical capability.
From 1 comment
Would love to have a similar and shorter representation dotting how much time you have left in your youth or being physically and mentally capable of doing things you love.
davidian on HN
Questions
Is the code open source?
From 2 comments
I love this. Is it open source? I would love to create my own with my milestones.
pstorm on HNI am curious - nice interface BTW. Is the code for this anywhere?
pmatos on HN
Alternatives named
Life-in-weeks charts and Hugo diary sites.
From 2 comments
I have a similar page that generates my life in weeks: https://diary.geekodour.org/ It's a hugo site with the dates linking to hugo posts. I agree with the first comment, this…
geekodour on HNCould you share how do you accomplish this? I would love to make a similar one for my Hugo site. Thanks!
davidcollantes on HN
WeCroak app.
From 1 comment
I guess you wouldn’t like the WeCroak app. (Their website appears to have … ahem … died.) https://web.archive.org/web/20230528015034/https://www.wecroak.com/ “The WeCroak app is…
metabagel on HN
Days-left project on GitHub.
From 1 comment
Found it with google: https://github.com/ruairidhflint/days-left
pstorm on HN
Sundial calendar.
From 1 comment
Hi OP - you might be interested in something I tried to launch but didn't succeed at getting traction. sundialcalendar.com The idea is a calendar for your whole life. Would love…
reality_inspctr on HN