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Show HN: W84it mindful consumption tool http://ift.tt/2CFOv8O

Show HN: W84it mindful consumption tool https://w84.it is a budgeting tool for non-essential purchases based on the principal of delayed gratification. The goal is to help users keep a budget and avoid impulse purchases. By default users can only buy something when they have waited long enough to earn the allowance to get it but there is an option to allow for a negative balance. I made this over the past few weekends. I know that the login screen and frontend need a lot of work but I would appreciate any and all feedback. To give you an idea of what it looks like this is my current list: Daily allowance: $1.66 Total Saved: $10.23 * The End is Nigh - Nintendo Switch 12 days left * Cacao Chocolate Board Game 22 days left * Human: Fall Flat [Online Game Code] 31 days left * Trajan Board Game 62 days left Disclaimer: This site uses Amazon affiliate links. I'm hoping to earn enough to cover the hosting and the DNS entry and hopefully one boardgame per year ;-). December 20, 2017 at 02:15AM

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