u/East_Apartment_2606

I've noticed that most habit trackers are solo. The problem is willpower alone is inconsistent, but not wanting to let someone else down is surprisingly reliable.

My girlfriend and I were both trying to build better habits and kept falling off after a week or two. So I built Habit Pals. You pair with one person, set habits you want to track as daily streaks, and you can both see each other's progress in real time. If your pal goes quiet, you can send them a nudge.

There's also a regular to-do list built in so everything lives in one place, habits and daily tasks together.

We've been using it for a few months and it's genuinely changed our consistency. A few friends started asking to use it too, so I cleaned it up and made it public.

It's a web app right now with a proper home screen shortcut so it feels native. App store version is in progress.

Link in the comments, would love honest feedback on what's missing, what's confusing, or what you'd want added.

Background: I'm a developer, and my girlfriend and I kept making promises to each other about habits we wanted to build. She wanted to go to bed earlier, I wanted to read my bible in the morning. We'd check in over text, but it was easy to forget or let it slide.

So I threw together a small web app called Habit Pals. The idea is simple: you connect with one other person (your "pal"), you each set habits you want to track as streaks, and you can see each other's progress in real time. If your pal hasn't checked off their habit by the evening, you can send them a nudge. Just a little poke.

There's also a basic to-do list built in, so we use it for everything now, habits + our daily tasks in one spot.

We've been using it consistently for a few months and honestly it's changed things. The social accountability piece is weirdly powerful even with just one person watching.

It's currently a web app (no app store yet, I'm still working on that), but you can add it to your home screen like a native app. Happy to answer any questions, and genuinely looking for feedback on what's missing or broken. 🙏

So I've just graduated high school and I'm wanting to get into IT (hopefully cyber security). I know the market is really bad right now though so I'm wondering what the best route is right now. I've heard a lot of "start in help desk then work your way up the ladder." But I'm seeing a lot of people who have 1-2 years of experience, and they're still struggling to get an interview. What would you do in my position? I should note that I also have an A.A in computer science because I took a lot of college courses while in high school. I also currently tutor programming to kids age 6-18.