Show HN: Built a macOS menubar app to track salary in real-time, now on the web (billiondollarscompany.com)

4 points by krayorn 1y ago ↗ HN

Had this idea with a friend while chatting about staying motivated during long workdays. We built a macOS app that tracks your salary in real time in your menubar. It’s been a fun way to stay motivated by seeing those dollars tick up throughout the day.

Recently, we decided to make a web version so it’s accessible on other platforms or for people who prefer a browser-based option.

The macOS app has a feature where you can set a milestone (e.g., $50 earned) and get a fun animation when you hit it. We didn’t bring that to the web version, just stuck to the title bar updating for simplicity.

If this makes you a tiny bit smile, we’d love to hear about it!

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Mo3 1y ago ↗

Fun idea. I guess the motivational aspect depends on your salary.. being a SSE in the EU this would rather demotivate me lol. 24k/month? Yeah, that would motivate me as well

krayorn 1y ago ↗

Fair point. Maybe I should change the default values, I've set this ones to make sure that on a first visit, everyone would see the counter moves to help understand how the website works

Mine is set way lower than the default, a little under 200 per day and it's more about the little dopamine hit of watching the salary grow even if it’s just a few cents at a time.