Weeks of Your
Productivity
life visualization
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
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 HNLove 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 HNThis 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 HNOh 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