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    April Zero

    aprilzero.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2011

    Anand Sharma publishes a personal data dashboard that tracks his own life, along with posts about how he built it.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters call it gorgeous and impressive, even from an engineering standpoint, though some find the level of personal detail off-putting.

    Stats for nerds
    26HN people shared it
    14linked in comments
    1.6Kstory points
    Apr 2018last shared
    2014people per year2018

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      I've been tracking everything about myself
      16 people · 696 points · first shared 2011 · 157 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Making of Aprilzero
      4 people · 445 points · first shared 2014 · 78 comments on HN
    3. 3
      April Zero v3
      1 person · 303 points · first shared 2015 · 93 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Making of April Zero: Part 2
      1 person · 111 points · first shared 2014 · 19 comments on HN
    5. 5
      How to see your iOS8 health data
      1 person · 65 points · first shared 2014 · 49 comments on HN
    6. 6
      The 2015 Gyroscope Annual Report
      1 person · 13 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      The Making of Aprilzero: Part 2
      1 person · 11 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      The 2015 Gyroscope Annual Report
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      March 2014 29
      1 person · first shared 2014
    10. 10
      About
      1 person · first shared 2014

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • creativityhurtsMar 2015

      He wrote a couple of articles about how he build the service for himself and it used Python with Django so it's safe to assume he stuck with that stack https://aprilzero.com/journal/making-of-aprilzero/ (he's whole site seems to be down now, perhaps the HN effect)

    • jplahnOct 2016

      http://aprilzero.com/

      When I first saw this site I was blown away. Sure, the level of detail may be off putting to some people, but even from a purely engineering standpoint it's impressive.

      Shoutout to Anand for the incredible work.

    • Evan-PurkhiserJul 2014

      I think the half curves just represent some form of travel. If you look at March 29th [1] there's a large curve for his 8 hour flight, and some small gray ones for walking to his gate

      [1] http://aprilzero.com/explorer/march-2014/29/

    • at-fates-handsAug 2014

      http://aprilzero.com/journal/making-of-aprilzero/

      I like at the end of part 1 where his buddy texts him and asks him if he wants to go to Hong Kong and to meet in 5 hours at SFO.

      Must be nice. . .

    • ehmorrisMar 2015

      Ah so this is the consumer version of the http://aprilzero.com site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8043203

    • vijayrMar 2015

      Not sure if it can be classified as a dashboard, but this one is gorgeous and interesting

      https://aprilzero.com/

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