{"slug": "ask-hn-how-do-you-track-development-time", "title": "Ask HN: How do you track development time?", "summary": "A freelancer asks the Hacker News community how to track development time when half the work involves prompting, reviewing, and waiting for AI agents, seeking honest time-capture methods beyond eyeballing.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: How do you track development time?\n1 point\nby\nphil3k\n14 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\ndiscuss\nI am a freelancer and used to time-track by app, but half my work is now prompting, reviewing, and waiting for AI agents. Does anyone have a system that captures that honestly, or are you all just eyeballing it?\nhelp\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-do-you-track-development-time", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48890963", "published_at": "2026-07-13 11:19:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-13 11:35:22.401447+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-do-you-track-development-time", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-do-you-track-development-time.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-do-you-track-development-time.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-do-you-track-development-time.jsonld"}}