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Heyweek does a lot, and a few good habits help you get the most out of it without adding overhead. This guide collects practical tips: keeping time tracking hon

Heyweek does a lot, and a few good habits help you get the most out of it without adding overhead. This guide collects practical tips: keeping time tracking honest, templating repetitive projects, using boards and tags to stay organized, reviewing reports weekly, working from mobile and the browser, and leaning on the CLI when it's faster than clicking.

Keep time tracking honest

The value of your reports and invoices rests entirely on the quality of your time entries.

  • Start the timer when you start the work, not at the end of the day from memory.
  • Use short, specific descriptions so a glance tells you what each entry was.
  • Log work done away from your desk as a manual entry, so nothing billable slips away.

Honest tracking takes seconds in the moment and saves guesswork when it's time to bill.

Template repetitive projects

If a kind of project keeps coming back, stop rebuilding it.

  1. Set up one project well, with its tasks and structure in place.
  2. Save it as a template you can reuse.
  3. Create new work from the template so every engagement starts complete and consistent.

This keeps quality high and setup time near zero.

Use boards and tags

Boards and tags are how you keep a growing pile of work navigable.

  • Use boards to see status at a glance and move items through stages as they progress.
  • Apply tags so you can slice across projects — by priority, type, or anything that matters to you.
  • Combine the two: a board shows where work stands, and tags let you filter to just the slice you care about.

A little structure here pays off every time you need to find something fast.

Review reports weekly

A short, regular review beats a frantic catch-up at month end.

  • Set aside a few minutes each week to look at where your time and money went.
  • Spot under-tracked projects or unsent invoices while they're still fresh.
  • Use what you see to adjust the coming week before small issues compound.

Work from mobile and the browser

Heyweek meets you where the work happens, not just at your desk.

  • Use the mobile app to track time and check in on projects while you're out.
  • Use the browser extensions to capture work and reach Heyweek from wherever you already are.
  • Let entries made on the go sync back so everything stays in one place.

Capturing things in the moment is the surest way to keep your data complete.

Lean on the CLI

When a task is repetitive or scriptable, the command line is often the quickest path.

  • Reach for the CLI for bulk updates and exports that would be tedious by hand.
  • Script routines you run often so they take one command instead of many clicks.

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