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The AI built my own time tracker in 10 minutes

Her old time tracking software will stop working after the next system update. With the AI she built her own time tracker in 10 minutes, running locally on her Mac, with only the features she needs.

How it works

  1. Tells the AI the features she needs
  2. The AI builds a local time tracker on her Mac in 10 minutes

Why it’s worth knowing

When her time tracker was about to die with a system update, she replaced it with her own local one in 10 minutes.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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