I Built a Tool That Forces Me to Stop Procrastinating (Here’s How)

<p>I have a confession: I'm a productivity app addict.</p> <p>Notion, Todoist, Things, TickTick, Bear, Obsidian — I've tried them all. And every single one failed me in the same

<p>I maintain three shipped Mac and iOS apps as a solo developer. The hardest part isn't writing code — it's protecting my brain from the constant pull of context switches.</p>

<p>For a while I kept trying every focus app I could find.</p> <p>Most of them were built around one idea: block the whole site, block the whole app, block the whole internet.</p>

<p>Most productivity apps are built by teams of 20, funded by millions in venture capital, and still manage to feel like they were designed by a committee that's never actually

<h1> Why Habit Apps Feel Like Nagging Parents (And What I Built Instead) </h1> <p>There's a common design pattern in habit apps that nobody talks about: <strong>the guilt