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Congrats on making a product! I've been using Qbserve for a decade with a one-time price (and it looks to still be just $29). Things that I love about it: - No connection needed. - Ability to categorize my time by project - Adding Rules to categorize by page url pattern, document path, or window title. - Exporting the data from the local sqlite. - Ability to annotate the timelines and attribute it to specific projects. This is useful when navigating off my Rules while I'm working a project. - High level summaries of my time. - Ability to bucket (or discard) my time AFK. Useful if it was a client call. Good luck on your product! I'm sure you can bring additional innovations to the space. [https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/]

Somebody else pointed out RescueTime, but if keeping it local is a priority, I recommend Qbserve, which I've been using (mostly passively in the background) for a few years now. [0] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/

I tried out RescueTime in the past (~2010-12 or so) but I was never comfortable sending my tracking data to a remote server. I since found Qbserve[0] which is a similar product, but it keeps all your data local. If I find myself distracted on any given day, then I turn on focus.app [1] to kill those distractions. It's not as elegant of a solution as what RescueTime offers, but all my data stays on my machine which is worth the trade off to me. [0]: https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/ [1]: https://heyfocus.com/

Nice, I made a similar thing last year. It's a browser extension that counts the time you spend on distracting sites and shows how much money you could make if you were working instead: https://qotoqot.com/sloth-worth/

You can get into the EU through Spain but you need some savings (~30.000€). More info here: https://qotoqot.com/blog/best-countries/

Great article. I have been doing the same for the last two years or so. I use Qbserve [1], a native (privacy-focused) time tracker for macOS developed by a couple living in Chile. The application keeps all the information on my computer in an SQLite database, making it very easy to analyze. I regularly reference it during my quarterly performance reviews to justify ups-and-downs in my results. I will use this article as inspiration for writing a blog post sometime. Coincidentally, I also saw a Reddit post last night [2] with the original poster's data analysis of all their expenses recorded through 2020. I bookmarked it because I collected similar information during the previous three years to write another blog post. Unfortunately, I am still unsure how to write such an article without revealing too much personal information. [1] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/ [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/kp3fcn/a/

Qbserve (https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/) when I was on macOS, now RescueTime + Custom New URL Tab (Chrome extension) pointing to https://www.rescuetime.com/browse/productivity/by/hour/, so I get immediate feedback on my productivity (motivates me to keep moving) or slacking (motivates me to start working). I cannot stress enough the word immediate. Delayed reports (after a week, after a day, or whenever I check) sure give a bit of reality-check and insight on what to change (usually only the first time) but were not useful for actually implementing these changes. (I have ADHD if that matters. For some people insight might be enough.) Qbserve displays constantly the current productivity score. I had a love&meh relationship with RescueTime (since it does not offer a way to display productivity tracking all the time), but after composing it with a link to report on a new tab (my most common way of procrastination), it was a game-changer. A small note - if you prefer something more private, and open-source, there is https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch (I use it as well). Not as polished, but clearly logging well, and it has Web UI on localhost, thus can be used with Custome New URL Tab as well.

I use Qbserve [1] after seeing it mentioned in a previous thread. Really helpful for seeing where time was spent over the course of the day/week. Collected data all stored locally too [1] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/

What helped me a lot was getting up very early. I wake up around 04:30/05:00 (without alarm), make a coffee and work till 8 or 9. So i already worked a lot without getting notifications or emails from co-workers, they are still sleeping. Around 9 i have a shower and make a little break. Around 10 i work again till 1pm and the rest of the day i'm still online for my co-workers, but not really working anymore. After 1pm i mostly work on my own projects or do groceries and so on. What really helpmed me are Qbserve (https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/) to track my productivity and Flow (https://flowapp.info), a Pomodoro timer. I can block social media and other stuff with Flow to don't get distracted in the morning. I don't open social media (also HN) before 1pm.

If you're on a mac I'm a big fan of Qbserve[1] which stores the data locally. [1] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/

https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/ I like it because it's all automatic.

Installed Qbserve. Makes it easy to cut down on daily distractions. https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/

copy of https://qotoqot.com/blog/improving-focus/ which already has been discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15309393

I've been using Qbserve [1] to track my productivity and it has been super helpful. It divides your time up into Productive (iTerm, AWS...), Neutral (Email, Slack...) and Distracting (Reddit, Facebook...). I've found if I get 5 productive hours in in a work day then it's been a very productive day. [1] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/

Qbserve for time tracking. (https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/)