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The HeroMode Blog

Updates on feature releases, use cases, and productivity tips.

· 8 min read
dsa@ovisly.com
heromode can help you stay away from bad habits
Summary

HeroMode can be used in many different ways. In today's post, I describe how I use HeroMode to break my Reddit habit. These are the steps I took:

  • Creating an Adventure called "Bye bye Reddit"
  • Within this Adventure, set up a daily repeat quest for "No Reddit today"
  • I used to browse Reddit most heavily at night, so I have this repeat quest automatically created at 10pm each day
  • Each day, I try to complete the quest of "No Reddit today"
  • With Activity Calendar and Streak, I have been able to stay away from Reddit over the last few months!

· 7 min read
heromode v2.3 ios app has been released in the app store
Summary

HeroMode v2.3 is now available in the App Store!

  • Brand new navigation icons
  • Streak counts are now available!
  • Alerts have a new style to prepare us for desktop launch!
  • Quests can have zero points!
  • ... and many other UI updates.

As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback -- you can email us at heromode.product@ovisly.com.


· 11 min read
add reactions to your blog by using docusaurus and google firebase
Summary

We describe, step-by,step, how we added blog reactions into Docusaurus by doing component swizzling and integrating with Google's Firebase.

The code discussed here is available in our GitHub repository. And you can also check out a demo at demo-docusaurus-blog-reactions.ovisly.com!


· 5 min read
a new feature is coming soon to heromode: expired quests
Summary

We have added Expired Quests to HeroMode!

With this new functionality, you can mark a quest as expired instead of deleting it. For example, for a quest that you just can't get to, and you'd like to keep it in the record and track the stats.

Expired Quests, along with other updates on Stats and Activity Calendars, will be available in the next release!


· 5 min read
heromode v2 ios app has been released in the app store
Summary

HeroMode v2 is now available in the App Store!



We have added a lot of new functionalities to make getting stuff done more joyful:

  • Activity Calendars: see patterns and trends of all your efforts
  • Adventure Milestones: track progress and celebrate reaching your goals
  • Quest Checkboxes: deeper organization of subtasks
  • Pause & Resume a repeat quest: take a break when you are on a break
  • Copy a quest: easily repeat a quest one time

As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback -- you can email us at heromode.product@ovisly.com.


· 8 min read
heromode can motivate you to eat healthy and stay active
Summary

We also use HeroMode to stay healthy, be active, and eat better. HeroMode helps maintain these daily habits by

  • automatically creating repeat quests to keep the Cue → Routine → Reward loop going
  • adapting to our lives with flexibility
  • keeping us motivated with points, activity calendar, and milestones
  • leveraging social power with adventure buddies

· 9 min read
we use the heromode productivity app to manage the software development process of heromode
Summary

HeroMode can also be used as a project management tool. For example, we have been using HeroMode to manage the software development process of HeroMode. It allows us to:

  • Manage our tasks in a motivating way
  • Prioritize what we need to do with sorting and quest locking
  • Record notes and screenshots with Mementos
  • Visualize progress with points stats and activity calendar
  • Create milestones to celebrate all meaningful moments