For developers juggling clients, startups and side projects
Your AI agents work in parallel.
See how much work each project gets.
WorkMix uses file changes on your computer to show how work adds up across your clients, startups and side projects, from estimated effort to sustained parallel activity.
Where the effort went
- Halcyon HealthClient · 2 repos3.5 h
- LedgerlineSide project · 1 repo1.75 h
- Northwind RetailYour startup · 3 repos5 h
Your AI leverage
See how long your work runs in parallel.
3h 40mwith 2+ repos active together
- 2+ repos
- 3h 40m
- 3+ repos
- 1h 20m
- 4+ repos
- 40m
9:15 AM–11:25 AM · consecutive activity
Peak: 6 repos active · 10m total at that level
Work leaves signals.
Code, specs and notes leave a trail in your files. WorkMix watches the folders you choose, whether or not they contain Git repos. It records which files changed, never what’s in them, and keeps that record on your computer.
- File changes 9:00 checkout.css9:04 CartDrawer.tsx9:16 cart.test.ts In Northwind Retail, storefront-web
- Activity blocks 9:00 +1 block9:04 already counted9:16 +1 block At most one per workspace every 15 minutes
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Estimated hours2 blocks × 15 min = 0.5 h
See how your week adds up.
Compare the work going into a client engagement, your startup and a side project. Use the pattern to check your own estimates and decide where to direct work next.
Added across workspaces, estimates can exceed the hours you were at your desk. That’s parallel work showing up. What to bill is still your call.
Last week, day by day
Estimated hours. A dash means no recorded signals.| Workspace | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halcyon Health | 3.25 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 4 | 2 | 15.5 |
| Ledgerline | 1.5 | 1.75 | — | 1.25 | 2.25 | 6.75 |
| Northwind Retail | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.75 | 4.25 | 3 | 22 |
| All workspaces | 9.25 | 9.75 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 7.25 | 44.25 |
A busy moment is one thing. Sustaining it is another.
Clear requirements let an agent keep going while you move the next project forward. Look for stretches where several repos keep showing activity together.
- Total time in parallel
- WorkMix counts repos with file changes in periods of five minutes. The total adds up periods with two or more active together.
- Depth and duration
- The 3+ and 4+ rows show how long higher levels of parallel activity lasted. These periods are included in the 2+ total; the rows don’t add together.
- Your longest stretch
- Consecutive periods with at least two repos active, ending when activity falls below two. The repos involved can change during the stretch.
- A signal to interpret
- File activity can help you understand your AI workflow. It doesn’t identify which agent did the work, measure continuous agent runtime or tell you how valuable the results were.
Questions, answered plainly.
- What is WorkMix?
- WorkMix is a local tool that uses file changes as a proxy for work. It estimates effort across your clients, startups and side projects, and shows how long repo activity overlaps when you work with AI agents.
- Is WorkMix a time tracker?
- Its estimated hours model effort from file activity, rather than measured time. Use them as a reference for your own judgment; WorkMix doesn’t decide what to bill or create invoices.
- How does it estimate hours?
- Each workspace gets at most one activity block every 15 minutes when files change, and each block counts as 15 minutes in this example. Frequent saves don’t inflate that count. Parallel workspaces accumulate independently, so their total can exceed the hours in your day.
- Does WorkMix read my files?
- It records which files changed, never what’s in them. You choose the folders, and the activity record stays on your computer.
- What doesn’t it see?
- Meetings, thinking, reading and work outside watched folders may leave no file changes. A gap means no recorded signals, not that no work happened. File activity also can’t establish the quality or value of an outcome.
- Can I use it now?
- WorkMix is in early development, with no public download or pricing yet. The collector runs every day on its developer’s computer and the dashboard is being designed. Join early access below for updates and an invitation when it opens.
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