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Back in August I ditched Toggl and replaced it with my own time tracker. I've mentioned it a few times in my week notes, so here is a run down of the what, how, and why. I am not releasing the code because it's built around exactly how I track my life, so I don't think it would be much use to anyone else, and I don't fancy supporting it! I did want to show what can be built with "vibe coding" though, and maybe inspire you to do the same. Background I've been tracking my time for years now. It started with Tasker back in 2018, and more recently I used Toggl with a bunch of Python scripts pushing the data into Exist.io. It worked, most of the time. But every time I wanted a new report or a new data source I'd write another script, and it slowly turned into a mess I was scared to touch. I wanted: One place for all my data that I own and control, especially as Toggl looks to be limiting its free plans now! Timers I can start and stop from any device, manually or automatically Reports that…

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