Build Journey
I Taught the TV to Tell My Kids When to Leave the House
August 3: the leave-by countdown starts.
The Ford family · Josh, dad and builder of FamilyOrganization.app, writing up his build journey
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On August 3 I changed how the TV decides when to leave. Leaving is now the event's start time minus its travel time, and the get-ready time sits in front of that, so the timeline reads get ready, travel, then the appointment.
The example I tested was a soccer practice, 90 minutes long, with 30 minutes of travel and 60 minutes of getting ready, using mock data. That puts getting ready at 12:30, leaving at 1:30 and the start at 2:00 PM. Travel is drawn as a translucent red wash so it never looks like an appointment.
This is where the leave-by countdown started.
Built on August 3, 2026 (commit 0e1a488). Written up on October 2, 2026 from my commit history.