I'm sorry this seems terribly HN of me to not answer your question and go on a tangent, but consider a retreat. If you want to give it a serious try, it's night and day compared to doing it at home for 20 minutes a day, especially in the beginning when nothing makes sense and it's hard to know which direction progress even is.
The first time I did a Vipassana retreat many years ago it really showed me that "oh, right, the mind can get into a veeery different state if given the right environment".
Some might say it's an artificial environment you can't replicate at home, and I agree, but by getting much further in such a dense time, it provided a better anchor for me to know what I'm even trying to achieve in my 20 minutes at home.
But it can be very intense, it's possible it would be too much for someone that isn't in an appropriate mindspace.
I'm a very unserious meditator, but when I sit down I at least know when I'm doing "right concentration" or not, so it's possible to have a direction.
I'm speaking very vaguely, but, you know... it comes with the territory.
I while back I made a page that showed the impact of AI just on GitHub stats (PRs, commits, etc...) which I liked because it showed that they are getting absolutely hammered.
Since then, I've wanted to see more graphs that are seemingly going vertical because of AI. But also going vertical downward (StackOverflow) because of AI.
Now includes data from lots of software things like GitHub, npm, pypi, but then slightly further from that with arxiv, crossref, domain stats (.ai tld as an example), and even US Jobs (BLS has a nice API).
I'm still working on some cleanup with another one or two datasources, but it would be interesting to hear if you know of some other numbers to put on here.
Since many are asking about apps with simillar capabilities I’m very happy with MacWhisper. Has Parakeet, near instant transcription of my lengthy monologues. All local.
Edit: Ah but Parakeet I think isn’t available for free. But very worthwhile single purchase app nonetheless!
I saw twice recently that if everyone is so productive, where are all the new Github repos, but never bothered to check the data. Seems like the uptick is plausibly visible from Github's own data?
Hah this is the 3rd fun app like this I've seen lately. I really like yours!
I also built one! In mine you can compose effects using a graph, I've gotten carried away and now I keep wanting to bring more TouchDesigner concepts into it. It's far off, but so much fun! The best feedback on these kinds of apps is if you put it in camera mode and on a TV, and let a kid dance around in front of it.
Oh you brought back fond memories of using the very first education product Replit had. It was so good. I was teaching GCSE CS and having a blast giving kids python with turtle to play with. I would just give them some multicoloured octagon and more complex shape, and they had to draw it with turtle.
They enjoyed it, I enjoyed it, and the teacher UX was great.
The first time I did a Vipassana retreat many years ago it really showed me that "oh, right, the mind can get into a veeery different state if given the right environment".
Some might say it's an artificial environment you can't replicate at home, and I agree, but by getting much further in such a dense time, it provided a better anchor for me to know what I'm even trying to achieve in my 20 minutes at home.
But it can be very intense, it's possible it would be too much for someone that isn't in an appropriate mindspace.
I'm a very unserious meditator, but when I sit down I at least know when I'm doing "right concentration" or not, so it's possible to have a direction.
I'm speaking very vaguely, but, you know... it comes with the territory.