This app has been trying to exist for 30 years.

It started on a green-screen monitor in the late '80s — a DOS program called "MyDay" that tracked tasks, diet, and a daily score. Built in dBase III and Clipper. It worked. It was good. But it could only do what you told it to do, exactly when you told it.

Every few years, the technology shifted and the app got rebuilt. Windows. The web. Mobile. Each time it got prettier, but the core problem never changed: the app was passive. It waited for you. And life doesn't wait.

You'd set up routines and forget to check them. Goals would drift. Entire areas of your life would go dark for weeks. The data was there — the intelligence wasn't.

That's what Bit changes.

The Long Road

Four decades to get here.

Late 1980s

MyDay — The DOS Original

dBase III + Clipper. Green screen. Daily scoring, tasks, diet tracking. A personal database before personal databases were a thing. It ran on discipline alone — if you forgot to open it, it forgot about you.

1990s – 2010s

The Rebuilds — Smart Guide, Homeport, Impact

Each generation got a new name and new technology. Smart Guide ran pre-internet. Homeport brought it to Windows. Impact grew to 150+ source files with custom databases — health, finance, projects, contacts. But the fundamental problem remained: the app only knew what you told it, when you told it.

2020s

The Missing Piece

Attempts to add intelligence through timers, auto-reminders, scheduled scripts. Better than nothing. But a timer doesn't know you skipped cardio three days in a row. A script can't tell you your renovation project is falling behind. The gap between data and understanding stayed wide open.

2026

BitHustle 2.0 + Bit

The version that finally closes the gap. All the personal tracking, refined over decades — plus Bit: who reads your data, understands your pace, does real work, and acts on what it sees. Not a chatbot bolted on. The other half of the app.

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Meet Bit.

Bit isn't a chatbot. Bit isn't an "AI feature" bolted onto a dashboard. Bit is the other half of BitHustle — the half that thinks, acts, and does real work.

Bit reviews your day at midnight and writes a summary. Bit notices your renovation project hasn't moved in two weeks and puts it on your morning list. When you've been avoiding cardio for a week, Bit doesn't nag — it puts "Put on sneakers. Walk to the end of the block." on your Today list. Break the inertia, not your motivation.

Assign Bit a task and it actually does it. "Research plumbers in Buffalo." "Draft a scope document for the bathroom reno." "Build me a meal plan for the week." Bit works on it, posts the result, and you review it. Your to-do list gets shorter because Bit carries part of the load.

Tell Bit what you're interested in — woodworking, hockey, real estate — and it hunts for the best content and brings it to you. No doomscrolling. No algorithmic rabbit holes. Just the good stuff, curated and waiting.

Bit

Hey — welcome to BitHustle. I'm Bit. Instead of dumping you into a dashboard with 20 features, let's figure out what actually matters to you. What are you trying to get better at?

Honestly? I want to get my health back on track and stop letting my rental properties fall through the cracks.

Bit

Got it. I've set up two domains — Health and Rental Properties. I'll track your exercise, meals, and sleep under Health, and I've created a workspace for each property. What else? Or should we start here and add more later?

Start here. I'll add more when I'm ready.

Bit

Done. Your sidebar has exactly what you need — nothing else. I'll check in tomorrow morning with a plan. Let's go. ⚡

Two Sides, One System

Your life. Your world.

BitHustle has two sides that work together — the personal side where you track your life, and the discovery side where the world comes to you.

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The Personal Side

Everything about your life, scored your way.

Tasks, habits, and routines with commitment levels
Goals with weighted milestones and pace tracking
Health — sleep, exercise, nutrition, hydration, mood
Finance tracking with budgets
Domains — broad life areas that surface when neglected
Your Circle — the people woven into your day
Journal — your reflections alongside Bit's daily review
A daily score that means something

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The Discovery Side

Bit brings the world to you — so you never have to go doomscrolling for it.

Tell Bit your interests — it hunts for the best content
News from sources you trust, not algorithms
Local events and weather
Sports schedules and community posts for your teams
Streaming recommendations worth your time
Tech, science, and niche topics you actually care about
No ads. No sponsored content. No rabbit holes.

What Bit Does

Bit doesn't just remind you. Bit works.

Most apps send notifications. Bit reviews, plans, researches, writes, hunts, and gets things done — around the clock.

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Bit Does Real Work

Assign Bit a task: "Research contractors in my area." "Draft a budget for the renovation." "Write a meal plan for the week." Bit does the work, delivers the result, and you review it. Your to-do list gets shorter.

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Breaks the Inertia

Been avoiding something for days? Bit doesn't nag louder. It breaks the task into micro-steps so small you can't say no. "Put on sneakers." "Open the document." "Spend 5 minutes." Once you start, Bit gets out of the way.

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Morning Briefing

Every morning, Bit reviews your calendar, tasks, weather, and goals — then tells you what today looks like and what needs attention. Not a dashboard full of numbers. A clear picture of your day.

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Midnight Review

At the end of each day, Bit archives your score, writes a narrative summary, rolls over unfinished work, and resets for tomorrow. You wake up to a clean slate and a record of where you've been.

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Hunts What You Care About

Tell Bit your interests — woodworking, hockey, real estate, whatever. Bit searches for the best content and brings it to you. No doomscrolling. No feeds designed to waste your time. Just the good stuff, waiting in your Discovery tab.

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Goal Pace Tracking

Set milestones with deadlines and weights. Bit calculates whether you're on pace. If that 25% milestone on your 30-day goal hasn't started by day 10, Bit will tell you — before it's too late.

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Knows What's Non-Negotiable

Mark something Non-Negotiable and Bit takes it seriously. One missed day — a nudge. Three in a row — escalating. Nice-to-haves get encouragement, not guilt. The tone always matches what you asked for.

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Nothing Falls Through the Cracks

Bit watches all areas of your life, not just the ones you're focused on today. Rental properties going dark? Side project stalled? Bit surfaces it before it becomes a crisis.

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Journal + Daily Review

Write your own reflection. Bit writes its own summary of the same day. See them side by side — your perspective and the data's perspective. That's where the real insights live.

Getting Started

No 45-minute setup. Just a conversation.

Most apps dump you into an empty dashboard with 20 tabs. BitHustle starts with Bit asking you one question: "What matters to you?"

Talk to Bit

Tell Bit what you want to track. Health? Finances? A side business? A renovation? Bit builds your workspace around your answer — just the parts you need.

Start simple

Your sidebar shows only what's relevant. No empty tabs. No overwhelming feature lists. As your needs grow, Bit grows with you — adding modules when you're ready.

Bit takes it from there

Morning briefings. Midnight reviews. Nudges when you're slipping. Celebrations when you're not. The app becomes a living system that works even when you're not looking at it.

Who's Building This

One developer. Four decades. Zero investors.

I started building this app on a DOS machine in western New York — tracking my tasks and daily score before "productivity app" was even a phrase. I've rebuilt it across every technology wave since, always chasing the same idea: a personal system that actually knows me.

Along the way, I built recommendation engines before the internet existed, shipped IoT products, and spent 40 years solving problems with code. Every one of those projects taught me something that ended up in BitHustle.

The technology finally caught up to the vision. Bit is the piece that was always missing — the half that thinks, works, and keeps things moving. Not a feature. Not an add-on. The reason the app finally works. No VC money. No growth team. Just a product built by someone who uses it every day, because I've been the first user since 1988.

— The developer, Buffalo, NY

Track who you're becoming.