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Built this as a solo dev in the UK, because I know how many thousands of hours I've spent in an MMO, but have no idea about how much time I've spent coding or in the gym. Mostly I just wanted a good record of what I've been up to and a bit of extra motivation.

Skillorum is a time tracker with an RPG structure on top: you define your own skills, start a timer when you practise, and the session earns XP in that skill.

Unfortunately with only one link available and it being on two app stores I had to link the website (which gives both links), additionally it needs an account, so it's not completely frictionless.

The biggest feedback I've had is that the novelty of XP on its own wears off, motivation drops and people stop using it. I haven't really got a good solution, so if you have ideas about intrinsic vs extrinsic reward loops in this category (that doesn't cost me a fortune on an artist), I'd love to hear it.

I'd love any feedback, and am happy to answer anything about the build or design decisions.

good point, thank you!

I hate calendars. I forget to check them and thus I forget things. I dread opening Google Calendar and parsing 4 overlapping boxes.

So I built a WhatsApp bot to send me a summary every morning.

I got a bit carried away and have added some more features to make it conversational. It also lets me do stuff like: – “Call Alex Saturday 11am” → Adds event – “Anything next week?” → Shows a clean schedule – “What do I need to bring with me this weekend” → Tells you everything you need to take with you

Would love your feedback, especially from other calendar-haters.

Thanks for the feedback! The plan is to have the brand synonymous with supporting FOSS projects, which will hopefully come over time. We're also looking into different designs that can show this more clearly, but we still want to keep our design ethos of keeping it more minimal and avoiding the current tropes of "engineer clothing"

Fair points! Our difference is that every item bought through us donates money to free open software projects. And wearing our stuff shows that.

Our designs are basic intentionally. Although, we prefer to call them "minimal" instead! We prefer more simple, less flashy designs--that's just our view on style. We do hope to get more designs in the future, too. Still in the early stages!