I Built a VS Code Extension to Track My Coding Time — And Kept Your Data 100% Local
Kuldipsinh Parmar developed a VS Code extension called Dev Code Tracker to help track coding time without requiring user accounts or cloud storage. The extension automatically starts and pauses tracking based on user activity, ensuring a seamless experience. It prioritizes user privacy by saving all data locally within the project folder.
- ▪Dev Code Tracker is a free VS Code extension that tracks coding time automatically.
- ▪The extension saves all session data locally in a sessions.json file, ensuring user privacy.
- ▪It features live status tracking, smart idle detection, and optional syncing to a personal server.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3959813) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Kuldipsinh Parmar Posted on May 30 I Built a VS Code Extension to Track My Coding Time — And Kept Your Data 100% Local #productivity #webdev #vscode #opensource I Built a VS Code Extension to Track My Coding Time — And Kept Your Data 100% Local Tags: vscode, productivity, opensource, webdev I never really knew how many hours I was actually coding each day. I'd sit down at 10am, blink, and suddenly it's 6pm.
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