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Show HN: Trackburnr – track data in GitHub-commit-style heatmaps

by MegaLeon on 3/4/16, 3:59 PM with 9 comments

• by MegaLeon on 3/4/16, 4:03 PM

  Author here - just a simple tool to record stuff / track habits in a github-commit kind of heatmap.

  I wanted to go through the process of developing a deploying a decent web application - all new subjects for me.

  I picked Meteor as a framework, and after going through the excellent "discover meteor" book decided to dedicate roughly a month to a project that could be considered useful to other human beings. Feedback appreciated!

• by kinduff on 3/4/16, 10:09 PM

  I really like the UI and the idea, but I don't see myself (maybe I'm not your market) using this daily. As an exercise I love it, good job.

  The other thing that pops into my mind, note that I'm a programmer, is the "Single", "2 Values", etc descriptions. The "tracker" allows me to add two states on the "Single" layout, and 3 states in the "2 Values".

• by mkrishnan on 3/5/16, 1:05 PM

  This is a awesome idea. Some of the cases I am thinking is: track the days you drink or exercise or eating out and thinks like that. Or tracking the mood.

  This is something I would be willing to pay to use. Provide data export as well.

  Instead of saying 'track data', use the real term like 'track drinking days' or something like that.

• by douglance on 3/4/16, 9:55 PM

  the data entry is a pain in the ass.