TimerVana a Local-first scheduler for real world routines

About TimerVana a Local-first scheduler for real world routines

Discover and share powerful timer sequences for cooking, workouts, studying, and productivity. Create guided sequences that finish on time.

In the maker’s words

Hi HN, I’m the creator of TimerVana. It's not just "another timer app". The engineering analogy is a lightweight task scheduler for things people do in the real world. A normal timer models one countdown. TimerVana models a small dependency graph in JSON: some steps run sequentially, others run in parallel, and everything can converge on a target finish time. You can also combine multiple timers (e.g., combine a timer with all the steps to cook a steak + a timer for roasting vegetables). I originally built it because I often set multiple timers and alarms when cooking and got tired of repeatedly juggling separate alarms to get a main dish and several sides ready together. The same model also works for workouts, study sessions, morning routines, and other repeatable processes. The iPhone app is local-first by design [0]. You can create, save, and run timers entirely on your phone without …

Where people found it

• Hacker NewsShow HN: TimerVana a Local-first scheduler for real world routines4 points0 comments29 days ago