Hi HN, I'm curious to see what cool things everyone's building. What side projects are you developing? What are you applying to HN with? A browser extension called Curb Your Consumerism that detects when you are on a checkout page and shows you how long it took you to earn enough money to complete that purchase. The idea is about increasing the mindfulness of your purchases and reducing unnecessary environmental waste driven by impulse buying.
Here's what I'm planning next: - Detecting the checkouts and extracting the checkout total generally across websites still needs refinement. This was my exact thought As someone who has worked from home my whole career - not really.
You still have to get your work done because there is no butts in chairs measure of productivity in wfh. You will be judged on your output. In fact you often have to work harder than the people in the office because of this. Taking time off during work hours usually means making it up in the evening or on the weekend. As someone who has just started working at home, not really.
Of course, it depends on your job and work load. Small purchases easily eat up way more budget than most people realize. I mean, I really don't have a spending problem. It's a joke. Because lots of people do end up having budgeting difficulties due to a large number of small, seemingly inconsequential purchases. It also shows you a random but helpful prompt to reflect on the nature of consumerism and happiness. Maybe they'll decide to not buy all 3.
Not guaranteed to save everyone or anyone. If it monitors the cost of Time, then I hope it reminds you of how much earning potential you've lost arguing on social media too.
