Why I Built Burly

<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>Every Monday I'd sit down for our team sync and draw a blank.</p> <p>What did I actually work on last week? How many hours did I put in? Was I in flow or just firefighting?</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

<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>

<ul> <li><p>OhNine is a free menu bar app that tracks Claude session and weekly usage limits in real time</p></li> <li><p>It sends native alerts at 80%, 91%, and 100% so a session

<p>I usually build stuff sitting in coffee shops. I just get way more locked in when I'm out of the house than at home. So this isn't some rare thing, it's basically most of my

<p>Building a micro-SaaS is only half the battle. Getting Google to care about it is the real challenge. </p> <p>When I set out to build <a href="https://www.prometadata.com"

<p>Most side projects don’t start with inspiration.</p> <p>They start with irritation.</p> <p>A repeated task.<br /> A broken workflow.<br /> A problem you keep telling yourself