Add gist to track a metric in an org table

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@@ -46,6 +46,28 @@ Put this in ~/.termux/termux.properties for a better Emacs experience inside Ter
     :after foo)
 #+end_src
 
+* Track usage of Emacs packages over time
+
+#+begin_src org :tangle track-use-package-over-time.org
+  ,* TODO Update Emacs package count
+  DEADLINE: <2022-11-25 Fri .+1m>
+
+  A small org file to keep track of some metric in a table, see [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Results-of-Evaluation.html][Results of Evaluation]] in the Org mode manual for more information.
+
+  In this case, count the number of packages in my Emacs init file.
+
+  Press =C-c C-c= inside the code block to add a new entry to the table below.
+
+  ,#+begin_src elisp :results table append
+    (with-temp-buffer
+      (insert-file-contents user-init-file)
+      (list (format-time-string "%F") (count-matches "(use-package ")))
+  ,#+end_src
+
+  ,#+RESULTS:
+  | 2022-11-25 | 140 |
+#+end_src
+
 * COMMENT Local variables
 
 Auto tangle this file on save.

track-use-package-over-time.org

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+* TODO Update Emacs package count
+DEADLINE: <2022-11-25 Fri .+1m>
+
+A small org file to keep track of some metric in a table, see [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Results-of-Evaluation.html][Results of Evaluation]] in the Org mode manual for more information.
+
+In this case, count the number of packages in my Emacs init file.
+
+Press =C-c C-c= inside the code block to add a new entry to the table below.
+
+#+begin_src elisp :results table append
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (insert-file-contents user-init-file)
+    (list (format-time-string "%F") (count-matches "(use-package ")))
+#+end_src
+
+#+RESULTS:
+| 2022-11-25 | 140 |