The author is talking about accountability, which the folks at Beeminder have been blogging[0] and implementing[1] for a long time. Their premise is to "tread t

The author is talking about accountability, which the folks at Beeminder have been blogging[0] and implementing[1] for a long time. Their premise is to "tread the yellow line" and you won't have to suffer the consequences, which is paying money each time you fail. I used their app while preparing for an exam and I regret not using it earlier. I was initially put off by the fact that I will have to fork over money to a random company, but in reality, you don't have to pay if you never fall from the "yellow line". Additionally, they give multiple reminders so that money isn't snatched away from you, and their customer support helped me refund money for one time when I didn't log something that I did do. This is an example of my logging the amount of hours studied [2] [0] https://blog.beeminder.com/ https://blog.beeminder.com/ [1] https://www.beeminder.com/ https://www.beeminder.com/ [2] https://www.beeminder.com/llllll/fg https://www.beeminder.com/llllll/fg