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Try https://wakatime.com https://wakatime.com which I built to solve this exact problem... it automatically tracks your time, no more manual timers!

by welder 10y ago

rch 10y ago
I've been using wt for the last 30 days or so, and it's working really well. Are you considering an on-prem version?
corobo 10y ago
I don't think I'm your target market sorry. That sounds worse than the timer buttons. I'd expect to get back to a timesheet that hadn't realised I left the editor open overnight[1] and it tries to bill for 12 hours work while I was asleep. Good for the bank, not great for repeat business! [1] This is an assumption on how it works because I couldn't find that on your site. Your docs links also goes to API documentation - is that intentional? Edit: Found the FAQ in the footer (this should be way more prominent!) that explains how it works, unfortunately it wouldn't track the time I'm working on syadmin stuff and other non-code tasks which would mean I'd need to use my notepad method and this.. Too much extra work, I'm only tracking time in the first place because otherwise we don't get paid. Man I hate tracking time.
- welder 10y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, the FAQ is in the footer to prevent distractions and the DOCS link hopefully conveys that it's for devs. I'll try putting the FAQ next to DOCS for a while.
- rch 10y ago
  I've found that the vim plugin captures sysadmin time well enough, even if just to jog my memory later on.
- wingerlang 10y ago
  Just for anyone not wanting to look at the FAQ, it only tracks while actively editing a file. And in my experience (I've used wakatime since early days, although not lately). even when you're off researching stuff online in the midst of a programming session, the charts makes those times easily "findable" for the proper time tracking when actually tracking the data. For sysadmin I guess that doesn't matter, but I wanted to mention it anyway.

Try https://wakatime.com https://wakatime.com which I built to solve this exact problem... it automatically tracks your time, no more manual timers!

by welder 10y ago

Try https://wakatime.com https://wakatime.com which I built to solve this exact problem... it automatically tracks your time, no more manual timers!

rch 10y ago

I've been using wt for the last 30 days or so, and it's working really well. Are you considering an on-prem version?

corobo 10y ago

I don't think I'm your target market sorry. That sounds worse than the timer buttons. I'd expect to get back to a timesheet that hadn't realised I left the editor open overnight[1] and it tries to bill for 12 hours work while I was asleep. Good for the bank, not great for repeat business! [1] This is an assumption on how it works because I couldn't find that on your site. Your docs links also goes to API documentation - is that intentional? Edit: Found the FAQ in the footer (this should be way more prominent!) that explains how it works, unfortunately it wouldn't track the time I'm working on syadmin stuff and other non-code tasks which would mean I'd need to use my notepad method and this.. Too much extra work, I'm only tracking time in the first place because otherwise we don't get paid. Man I hate tracking time.

welder 10y ago
Thanks for the feedback, the FAQ is in the footer to prevent distractions and the DOCS link hopefully conveys that it's for devs. I'll try putting the FAQ next to DOCS for a while.
rch 10y ago
I've found that the vim plugin captures sysadmin time well enough, even if just to jog my memory later on.
wingerlang 10y ago
Just for anyone not wanting to look at the FAQ, it only tracks while actively editing a file. And in my experience (I've used wakatime since early days, although not lately). even when you're off researching stuff online in the midst of a programming session, the charts makes those times easily "findable" for the proper time tracking when actually tracking the data. For sysadmin I guess that doesn't matter, but I wanted to mention it anyway.