From: Zachary Vance <za3k@za3k.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 04:13:43 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Hitlist
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Hitlist
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+---
+author: admin
+categories:
+- Technical
+date: 2025-04-04
+tags:
+- ocd
+- time management
+- dubious
+title: 'hitlist'
+---
+
+I like to keep my home directory pretty small ideally. Just what I'm currently working on, plus maybe one or two permanent directories like `docs` or the like.
+But, it accumulates! Just like a real desk, it gets covered in junk and needs cleaned off.
+
+**hitlist** ([source](https://github.com/za3k/short-programs#hitlist)] is a small program I wrote today to make the process of cleaning it up more fun.
+
+![caption: cleaning up my home directory](hitlist.png)
+
+It functions similarly to the classic unix command `watch`. The idea is that you have a list of problems, and cross them off one by one.
+
+- Cleaning up your home directory by running `hitlist -- ls ~`
+- Complete your daily todo list with `hitlist -- grep '[ ]' ~/documents/TODO.txt`
+- Fix a list of compilation errors with... okay, I haven't figured this one out yet. But it seems doable!
+
+Unlike a real list, it "crosses off" problems for you, once they disappear from the command output, and lists how long you took to solve each one.
+
+You could use this as a race. Or you could do some analysis after one run, and decide "actually, this took too long to fix--next time I'll give up on a bug if it takes more than 5 minutes to solve."
+
+On-screen output is optionally saved to a file on exit.
+
+![caption: cleaned up laptop homedir](hitlist-laptop-home.png)
+![caption: desktop is even smaller](hitlist-desktop-home.png)