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   by qiyuxuan96 6y ago

   It's just a MVP... version 0.01 of their vision. The fact that they have paying users who use them daily is a very, very good signal - that's a hard thing to do! It's so much easier to add additional features to that group of
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   The 80/20 rule: hacking together a “desktop app” as a Chrome extension in 2hours(medium.com)

   2 points by qiyuxuan96 6y ago|1 comments
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   by qiyuxuan96 6y ago

   Hey HN! We built a chrome extension that lets you load your calendar from any website quickly without switching context (i.e. switch to another tab or app). I personally have a busy calendar, and didn't like jumping in and out of GCal
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   Show HN: I built a non-immersive calendar to prevent context-switching(inmotion.app)

   1 points by qiyuxuan96 6y ago|1 comments
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   Show HN: I built a non-immersive calendar to prevent context-switching(inmotion.app)

   3 points by qiyuxuan96 6y ago|1 comments
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   by qiyuxuan96 6y ago

   Hey HN! We built a chrome extension that lets you load your calendar from any website quickly without switching context (i.e. switch to another tab or app). I personally have a busy calendar, and didn't like jumping in and out of GCal
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   by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

   Totally get your friend's concern. Google is kinda bad in that they bundle a bunch of permissions into one (i.e. - all data read and changed...etc); we only need a small subset of that, and we have a very strict privacy policy not seen
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   by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

   Thanks! Love to hear what you think
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   by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

   Thank you! Definitely.
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thank you! Would love to learn your thoughts :)
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. I see, that's very valid. I've added it to our todo list - don't block if it's not the active tab.
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks for recommending that. We actually do one better - we not only count time when browser tab is active, but also stop counting time when we don't detect activity or video playing for longer than 5 minutes :)
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Firefox coming soon!
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thank you! That sounds very valid - when we built this, we had the working mentality, but unwanted distraction when relaxing would definitely be useful for ourselves.
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks for sharing! Agreed that both of these solutions are helpful, and I've seen many friends using them. For me personally, I wanted a more all-in-one solution, so we actually built hiding things like the Facebook newsfeed and Youtu
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    The vision is definitely much broader :) The immediate steps are desktop and mobile.
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks so much for this! I've saved this analysis and will keep it in mind as we decide to move toward this direction. Agreed with all three of your points; we can definitely have better execution on all these fronts.
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    That's a very interesting thought. Yes agreed - StickK has a lot of user complaints so we would need to execute much better. A lot of these complaints arise from the fact that StickK literally puts you in a binding contract to pay the
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Yes! It's on our roadmap. Android is easier than Apple due to developer API constraints, but we plan on tackling the mobile problem very soon (in the next 1-2 month).
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Agreed; it's definitely not trivial. We will definitely tackle mobile very soon, and this is a potential solution. Thanks!
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    That's actually similar to what my other co-founder told me when I tried to make this! It turned out, however, that our own willpower can be supplemented by tools. For example, sometimes I don't realize I've been on Twitter f
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    We fully agree with this! Thanks!
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion - yes that is definitely something we've thought about and will possibly implement. We'll be tackling the mobile problem soon, and we hope to use our learnings from desktop to find the most effective solu
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks. Yes - it's definitely an area we will tackle very soon. We just recently got our extension to a state where people are finding it useful; we plan on using our learnings on desktop and apply them to mobile.
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thank you! Really glad to hear that.
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks!
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thank you for raising this concern. I believe YC sees value in our work not because they see money in us selling data; but rather they realize how big a problem we are solving, and, if we solve it correctly, how much value and time we bring
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    Thanks for the heads-up!
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    That's awesome! I have a question (we ourselves have been thinking very hard on this) - when you are about to start something distracting, and you catch yourself, how do you find and get yourself into a more productive alternative?
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    by qiyuxuan96 7y ago

    That makes sense; I know people who've tried out this app called StickK where you donate to anti-charity if you don't follow habits. Definitely something on our minds.