On: How Not to Do Time Tracking for Software Developer...

[_bxg1]

I just make mine super vague. I put in the number of hours I was in the office, and I summarize most days with some variation on "Made improvements and bug fixes". That's the only way I can spend time doing anything other than actively writing code without stressing out about it.

[welder → _bxg1]

Sounds like WakaTime can help you. It's an automatic time tracker for programmers, but the part you would like:

It shows when you started and stopped working for the day.

An example chart: https://wakatime.com/blog/27-fill-the-gaps-in-your-coding-ac...

[_bxg1 → welder]

I just look at the clock when I arrive, round to the nearest quarter hour, and unless there's something pressing I leave 8 hour later