Chronoid – a local Mac time tracker (why I ditched DuckDB for SQLite)

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Hi HN,I've been building Chronoid, a native macOS time tracker. It runs in the menu bar and automatically logs apps, windows, and file activity using macOS accessibility APIs. Everything is stored locally, no sync or cloud service.At first I tried using DuckDB as the storage engine. It looked promising for analytics, but after ~2 weeks I realized it was overkill for my needs—extra dependencies, trickier integration, and not much real benefit at the scale of a single-user app. I switched to SQLite, and it turned out to be the simpler, more reliable choice. The codebase got smaller and the app more stable.A few details:Written in Swift + SwiftUIAlways-on logging in the backgroundLocal storage

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Website: chronoid.app