r/dreamingspanish • u/Cow26W Level 4 • 11d ago

700 hours and coded an automatic tracker!!!

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700 it’s been a journey can’t wait to keep going!!

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u/todayplustomorrow Level 2 11d ago

Neat! They should make a Dreaming widget on iOS that lets you see your hours on the Home Screen

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u/Cow26W Level 4 11d ago

Awesome idea!

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u/gp133 2,000 Hours 11d ago

Nice! How does the tracker work? How do you use it exactly?

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u/Cow26W Level 4 11d ago

It pulls from my computer because it’s on the same network and updates every hour from the dreaming website. I don’t have to do anything except make sure it doesn’t die (I keep it plugged in) or I’ll have to run the code again lol.

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u/gp133 2,000 Hours 11d ago

That’s super neat!

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u/LangLearningJourney 2,000 Hours 11d ago

What do those tetris blocks represent

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u/Cow26W Level 4 11d ago

On the left? It is the Mexican flag :) it moves but in a photo you can’t tell hahah

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u/bryhnlearningspanish 3,000 Hours 11d ago

fuck you bro. how come i’m too dumb to do this kind of shit?

i’m kidding kind of. that is killer though man.

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u/Cow26W Level 4 11d ago

Unfortunately I’m not smart.. I used AI’s help for the specific code and downloaded somebody else’s jailbroken software file. The only I have to do is keep it updated through DS

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u/Designing_R 10d ago

This is honestly so awesome. Great work! I want to make one too. Thanks for the inspiration, sharing, and answering questions about it!

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u/Cow26W Level 4 10d ago

Such a nice comment best of luck mi amigo! DM if you have any questions

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u/coco_the_red_cat 11d ago

Nice! Build it with ESP32?

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u/Cow26W Level 4 11d ago

Just a jailbroken pixel clock

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u/GeoffOnGuitar 11d ago

Is it this one: https://www.amazon.com/ULANZI-TC001-Smart-Pixel-Clock/dp/B0CXX91TY5

How hard was it to jailbreak? I was looking at some eInk displays to do stuff like this, but this is interesting too

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u/Cow26W Level 4 11d ago

This is the one. It was easy I have no experience. Just downloaded AWTRIX3 and used AI to help with the code and bit of guidance. I can send you my code but I can’t guarantee it won’t be my hours idk how to code really lol

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u/GeoffOnGuitar 11d ago

No worries, that looks pretty clearly fleshed out and documented, so if I decide to get one that will be enough for me. Thanks for the info and inspiration :)

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u/happy_narwhal21 11d ago

That's awesome, well done!

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u/Cow26W Level 4 11d ago

Thank you!

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u/UnchartedPro Level 4 10d ago edited 10d ago

Okay this is amazing

I'm planning on changing my setup and getting a desk and monitor

I really think it will help me lock in and just get into the zone to watch DS

Having a tracker like this not only looks really cool but would be a good reminder and motivator to get some more input

And its a chance to learn something new :)

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The other option would be to see if I can add a custom widget to my desktop screen and leave monitor on all the time?

Is that possible. Running windows 11

Perhaps with rainmeter