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Show HN: Trackburnr – track data in GitHub-commit-style heatmaps (trackburnr.com)
23 points by MegaLeon on March 4, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


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!


I was rather expecting to find a UI library at the other end of that link, rather than a SaaS offering.

Having found the latter, I was disappointed, although given what appears to be increasingly typical practice not surprised, to discover that there's no meaningful information on offer about what the service does or how to integrate with it. It should be possible to find out whether and how I can use your service before I decide whether to sign up for it; otherwise, how am I to know whether it's worth my time to sign up for it at all?


I was expecting the same thing, and was also disappointed.


Sad to hear that. If you're looking for a library that does that check out the excellent cal-heatmap, based on d3.js - it's the one I'm using on the site.


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".


Thanks! Yeah, technically the single is either a value, or no data at all - I can see why it could be seen as two values.


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.


Thanks! Data export is my next step on the feature list in case the interest was high enough. Your use case example makes total sense, very good suggestion. Cheers!


the data entry is a pain in the ass.




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