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Ever wake up feeling groggy, even though you thought you had enough sleep? It turns out that by timing your wake up time based on REM cycles, you can wake up mo

Ever wake up feeling groggy, even though you thought you had enough sleep? It turns out that by timing your wake up time based on REM cycles, you can wake up more refreshed and more productive. This got me thinking, why don't I put my front-end web development skills to the test and build a tool that will help people optimize their sleep schedule? So, I built a bedtime calculator with React JS, as well as some fancy CSS animations. Looking forward to your feedback and suggestions :)

houreaction 6y ago
if you really are 15, I think you are wasting your time kid. maybe you should learn something useful. maybe go outside or something
- leobabauta 6y ago
  I think this is a great project for a 15-year-old. My own son did something like this recently, and loved it. Let's encourage that.
  - houreaction 6y ago
    did your son drop out of high school to pursue a degree in web development?
  - joshternyak 6y ago
    Thank you!
houreaction 6y ago
my last comment seems to have been removed by the moderators for being contrary to the tone of the rest of the forum, so i will say this: this is like some sort of sponsorship for a mattress company or something if you check the bottom of the page. i don't know why, but it is just very upsetting to me to see that some kid is reviving so much praise for being interested in something as meaningless as web development. As if you learned an instrument or joined a sports team or something. I think this will eventually lead you down the road of forming an identity around work as a programmer, which is not a good thing especially considering the low barrier of entry of becoming a programmer. When i was your age I too got into these sorts of things, and in retrospect I would not have made the decisions I did.
- vowelless 6y ago
  How ridiculous. FB is paying $300,000+ per year for React developers. This is an extremely valuable skill to acquire. Even better at such a young age. This kid has a bright future.
  - houreaction 6y ago
    there are more important things than making money, friend. I think we can agree to disagree.
    - xupybd 6y ago
      There are few things that aren't improved by a good financial situation. This kid is doing very well. Developing marketable skills at such a young age is impressive.
      - birdyrooster 6y ago
        As Eric Schmidt would say, "revenue solves all known problems"
        jstummbillig 6y ago
        And he would be wrong. But probably, hopefully, also not entirely serious.
        deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
        birdyrooster 6y ago
        Haha yeah I know he’s a mess of a human being.
    - leeoniya 6y ago
      does doing what you enjoy - whatever that is - qualify as "more important things"?
gms 6y ago
I have nothing to say other than to encourage you to keep going and ignore any haters. This is really great - I wish I was doing things like this when I was your age.
onion2k 6y ago
This is great. It's the sort of project that reminds me of the early days of the web; back then people would have an idea, build it, and put it out there on the web for other people to use just because they thought it was useful. Very cool. You've launched something and you've managed to get some very positive feedback. That's more than a lot of other people manage. Make sure you remember how good it feels, and use it as motivation to keep building and launching more projects. I hope we see more 'Show HN's from you.
phh 6y ago
That's a bit redundant with current top post, but I think this site is really cool, not because of the calculator. I think the calculator itself isn't really useful, though I could be wrong. (The reason why I think it's not really useful is that I think the "90 minutes" cycles varies quite a lot between people, and the time between going to bed and to sleep can vary by half that length between people) But what I really like, is that it is kinda (reasonably) click-baity, while it actually is a short, sourced, clean, no-ad, straight to the point, FAQ about sleep, which is useful to raise awareness of those issues.
iask 6y ago
I find it useful and love it! Congrats. Maybe change the button text to Reset after calculation.

houreaction 6y ago

if you really are 15, I think you are wasting your time kid. maybe you should learn something useful. maybe go outside or something

leobabauta 6y ago
I think this is a great project for a 15-year-old. My own son did something like this recently, and loved it. Let's encourage that.
- houreaction 6y ago
  did your son drop out of high school to pursue a degree in web development?
- joshternyak 6y ago
  Thank you!

houreaction 6y ago

my last comment seems to have been removed by the moderators for being contrary to the tone of the rest of the forum, so i will say this: this is like some sort of sponsorship for a mattress company or something if you check the bottom of the page. i don't know why, but it is just very upsetting to me to see that some kid is reviving so much praise for being interested in something as meaningless as web development. As if you learned an instrument or joined a sports team or something. I think this will eventually lead you down the road of forming an identity around work as a programmer, which is not a good thing especially considering the low barrier of entry of becoming a programmer. When i was your age I too got into these sorts of things, and in retrospect I would not have made the decisions I did.

vowelless 6y ago
How ridiculous. FB is paying $300,000+ per year for React developers. This is an extremely valuable skill to acquire. Even better at such a young age. This kid has a bright future.
- houreaction 6y ago
  there are more important things than making money, friend. I think we can agree to disagree.
  - xupybd 6y ago
    There are few things that aren't improved by a good financial situation. This kid is doing very well. Developing marketable skills at such a young age is impressive.
    - birdyrooster 6y ago
      As Eric Schmidt would say, "revenue solves all known problems"
      - jstummbillig 6y ago
        And he would be wrong. But probably, hopefully, also not entirely serious.
        deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
        birdyrooster 6y ago
        Haha yeah I know he’s a mess of a human being.
  - leeoniya 6y ago
    does doing what you enjoy - whatever that is - qualify as "more important things"?

gms 6y ago

I have nothing to say other than to encourage you to keep going and ignore any haters. This is really great - I wish I was doing things like this when I was your age.

onion2k 6y ago

This is great. It's the sort of project that reminds me of the early days of the web; back then people would have an idea, build it, and put it out there on the web for other people to use just because they thought it was useful. Very cool. You've launched something and you've managed to get some very positive feedback. That's more than a lot of other people manage. Make sure you remember how good it feels, and use it as motivation to keep building and launching more projects. I hope we see more 'Show HN's from you.

phh 6y ago

That's a bit redundant with current top post, but I think this site is really cool, not because of the calculator. I think the calculator itself isn't really useful, though I could be wrong. (The reason why I think it's not really useful is that I think the "90 minutes" cycles varies quite a lot between people, and the time between going to bed and to sleep can vary by half that length between people) But what I really like, is that it is kinda (reasonably) click-baity, while it actually is a short, sourced, clean, no-ad, straight to the point, FAQ about sleep, which is useful to raise awareness of those issues.

iask 6y ago

I find it useful and love it! Congrats. Maybe change the button text to Reset after calculation.