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Show HN: Watchlimits – Chrome extension to solve excessive video watching

https://watchlimits.com/

Hi all, I'm an indie hacker and I've been working on watchlimits.com over last couple months.It's a chrome extension that helps you set limits (greatly customizable) and provides you stats and various accountability features.It only runs on the video streaming platforms (not everywhere) and it's privacy centric.Almost all functionality is available for free, but some advanced features only...

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Re:Show HN: Netflix Calculator on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:02AM (#32149880)
What is your data format? I noticed that in different countries the data is exported differently and the app currently supports 3 different formats. If you give me a sample, I would be happy to update the tool.
Re:Show HN: Netflix Calculator on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:01AM (#32149868)
Thanks!

YouTube can be a real time sink! Have you checked out https://watchlimits.com/ - maybe that could help you use YouTube better? I would be very interested in hearing about your suggestions about the tool! Please DM me on https://twitter.com/attilczuk or feel free to contact on [email protected]

Re:Show HN: Netflix Calculator on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @06:57AM (#32149845)
Thank you for this tip! This is gold!
Re:Show HN: Netflix Calculator on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:08PM (#32128697)
No :), I'm not sure how hard would it to build it, but I haven't built it yet (also because I don't use Disney+).
Re:Show HN: Netflix Calculator on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:07PM (#32128677)
Good for you!
Re:I'm an addict on Friday May 20, 2022 @05:18AM (#31445054)
This is very real. The time adds up and it's often not the best way to relax/learn. Not only you could spend this time being productive, you could also just be resting or sleeping or just reflecting on your life.

You might want to check out https://watchlimits.com/ (free extension, I built this), or some other tools I mention in https://watchlimits.com/blog/posts/more_hours_per_week/

Re:I'm an addict on Friday May 20, 2022 @05:13AM (#31445019)
I can totally see how this can derail your life. The algorithms are there to give you videos to keep you watching and the time can really fly by.

You mentioned going cold turkey, I think it's a good idea, but might be hard to implement as all or nothing approaches are prone to relapses.

You can use watchlimits.com if you are interested in setting limits for your watching, but still being able to watch some. For example youtube content is often useful in life, so it's good to have some access to it. Without a tool like this, just watching "one" helpful video could be cause a relapse to a whole evening watching.

Re:How We Use Docker (And Why We Can’t Live Without It) on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @04:13PM (#8598212)
Author here, it's the first time I hear about ElasticBox here, but it sounds interesting - I see that it supports docker too.

Before Docker we used Vagrant with virtual machines. It's a decent tool, but it doesn't really help with deployment - you don't ship virtual machines from vagrant, as you can with Docker containers and with Vagrant - developer's machines tend to diverge.

We've chosen Docker because it's lightweight, portable and we've seen lots of potential in this tool. It's ecosystem grows really fast, but docker is pretty stable now.