Context Switching Is Killing Your Side Projects — Here's My Fix

<p>We treat our brains like <strong>CPUs</strong>, assuming that if we keep the utilization at 100%, we are being "optimized." But unlike a server, your brain doesn't just process

<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>The average knowledge worker switches between apps 1,200 times per day, according to a 2024 Harvard Business Review analysis. Each switch is small. The cumulative cost is not.

<h2> The Lie We All Agreed To Tell Each Other </h2> <p>MVP. Minimum Viable Product. The word <em>minimum</em> is right there, doing nothing.</p> <p>Ask any founder how long their

<p>I recently opened my GitHub account and filtered by private repositories. I actually counted them: exactly 27 abandoned side projects created over the last 3 years.</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

<h2> The Problem </h2> <p>We track time, but we don’t track attention.</p> <h2> The Idea </h2> <p>What if a system could detect distraction in real time?</p> <h2> The Build </h2>

<p>Software development looks like knowledge work, but it still happens through a body: eyes, hands, wrists, neck, back, ears, and voice. Mechanical friction is the physical cost