I ve been in this industry for almost 10 years. Most of the time, I ve just been writing code and completing projects for my boss. But now that I m middle-aged, I ve started to develop some ideas of my own and think about planning a path for myself.
Recently, my daily routine hasn t been very healthy. On workdays, I usually go to bed between midnight and 2 a.m., wake up at 7:40 in the morning, and then rely on weekends to catch up on sleep.
But over time, I started noticing some problems low mood, difficulty concentrating, daydreaming, slower reactions, and sometimes not wanting to go to work at all. I realized that sleep has a huge impact on me, yet I keep staying up late.
I m always falling short of getting 8 hours of sleep, so I want to build a tool to track my daily sleep duration and calculate my sleep debt and fatigue level.
I built DotSleep after realizing I could sleep 8 hours and still wake up exhausted. Most sleep apps focus on sleep duration, but I cared more about accumulated fatigue and inconsistent sleep schedules. DotSleep tracks sleep debt, estimates fatigue levels, and suggests when you should realistically go to bed to recover. Started as a small side project because I wanted to figure out why I was always tired 😅
