<story><title>Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time</title><url>https://apps.apple.com/us/app/effortless/id1368722917</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jpulgarin</author><text>Hey HN! My name is Julian, and I made Effortless with aracena to solve a problem we were both having: how to focus on exactly one thing at a time. Effortless displays my current task, and a countdown timer in the menu bar, and although it sounds silly, it means that I have a constant visual reminder of what I should be working on. Effortless was also a great excuse to learn Swift and native Mac app development. I&amp;#x27;m happy to answer any questions about the app or the development process, although it&amp;#x27;s my birthday so I might be a little slow to respond. If you have any feedback or want a trial code to test Effortless out feel free to write me at julian@effortless.app . Thanks!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nihonde</author><text>There’s a word missing in the text of one of the screenshots in the App Store. (I’m in the Japan App Store, if that matters.)&lt;p&gt;“...are you done your task?”&lt;p&gt;Also, notifications is spelled incorrectly. Those kinds of mistakes indicate a lack of attention to detail.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time</title><url>https://apps.apple.com/us/app/effortless/id1368722917</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jpulgarin</author><text>Hey HN! My name is Julian, and I made Effortless with aracena to solve a problem we were both having: how to focus on exactly one thing at a time. Effortless displays my current task, and a countdown timer in the menu bar, and although it sounds silly, it means that I have a constant visual reminder of what I should be working on. Effortless was also a great excuse to learn Swift and native Mac app development. I&amp;#x27;m happy to answer any questions about the app or the development process, although it&amp;#x27;s my birthday so I might be a little slow to respond. If you have any feedback or want a trial code to test Effortless out feel free to write me at julian@effortless.app . Thanks!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>snazz</author><text>Specific question: are the keyboard shortcuts accessible from anywhere? If so, using them would mean I couldn’t close a browser tab or reload a page, because it would be forwarded to Effortless instead, right?</text></comment>