Ask HN: Any decent personalized dashboard startups?

[Kevin_S]

I want an information dashboard I can leave up on a second screen.

I need to be able to customize it, having it pull things like weather, sports times/standings, data from YNAB, to do list, etc. Have it update every so often.

Does this exist? If it doesn't, where do I start as someone that doesn't code?

[cdiamand]

Hey Kevin!

I'm a big fan of this idea. I've also at times longed for something that could track my finances, fitness / sleep, and productivity data.

This looks interesting: https://www.thedash.com/

If you can't find an existing solution, I would start by putting together a description of exactly what you're looking to build.

From there you can either try and find a technical person willing to help out, or hire someone via a site like upwork.com

[Kevin_S → cdiamand]

Yep I've checked it, but it only supports a few of the applications i want to include. Also, the UI and such leaves a lot to be desired.

I'm decided to just start on it. I'll use it to give myself an intro to HTML and Python. So far just a simple page with a clock. But it's something!

[madamelic]

I've been slowly chipping at this problem as well.

https://github.com/madelinecameron/Dash

It probably isn't useful to you as a non-coder though. :)

[perilunar]

iGoogle did exactly that, but was killed in 2013.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGoogle

[perilunar → perilunar]

Also, OS X has Dashboard Widgets, but they are no longer on by default (still in the Applications folder though).