How was ai used? Feels like you can add ai to any hackernews title to get upvotes.

I used ai to generate this comment.

I’ve used a ton of stuff but Smart Countdown Timer (h/t guzey) is the only thing that’s stuck with me.

And for whatever reason, timers that counted down (as opposed to up) work much better for me.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smart-countdown-timer/id141070...

A little side note: I struggled a LOT with procrastination in my 20s. I was convinced I had ADHD because I would waste hours on useless bullshit online instead of working.

Then I started working on something I actually enjoyed and realized that my ADHD was just me avoiding work I hated. I can go hours without taking a break now, so much so that it’s become a health problem.

I suspect many such self-diagnosed cases of ADHD are just people stuck doing work that’s not for them.

(Doesn’t apply to clinically diagnosed ADHD cases of course)

I’m very amused by this. My question is: how do you plan to ensure that ADHD people can’t just delete, switch off, or just ignore the clock?

I tried this by grabbing a sound sample of a meditation bell and playing it every few minutes by calling mpg321 in a bash while loop along with a call to sleep.

It... sort of worked, for a bit, and then I just tuned it out. I still like it, sort of like having a grandfather clock, and it does slightly increase my awareness of time, but there's no change in my overall productivity.

I'm amused, but this would drive me absolutely effing bonkers and i wouldn't get anything done. It might be good for certain activities but for deep work and writing I'd lose it. Its the ticking.

The real question is: Does it really work? This question comes to you from someone who should be working but is not.

As bad as this is, it seems to be working at least in a 25 minute Pomodoro session. Thanks.

I've already tried a million such apps.

This is a cool app.

Relevant:

https://goblin.tools/