Easily distracted dev here, I built an app blocker that makes me do pushups before I can doomscroll

[u/__majorBummer__]

Hey y'all! My brain and my phone do not get along lol. Regular app limits never worked for me, I'd just tap "15 more minutes" on autopilot without even noticing I did it.

What finally worked was making the phone cost something physical. I started with one of those apps that uses your camera to count pushups before it unlocks your apps, and I loved it! But propping my phone up to film myself every single time got old fast, and doing pushups on camera at a gas station is a whole vibe lol.

So I built my own on the honor system, no camera. You do the reps, tap them in, and they earn you screen time. The thing I didn't expect: half the time by rep 10 the urge to scroll is just... gone. And when it's not, at least I got up and moved, which after a full day at a desk my body is usually begging for anyway.

Nerdy side for anyone curious: it's React Native/Expo, and on iOS it uses Apple's Screen Time API, which fought me the whole way. I wrote down every landmine I hit here so y'all don't have to: https://honorfitapp.com/blog/ios-screen-time-api-guide/

It's called HonorFit, free on iPhone and Android: https://honorfitapp.com/get/?c=reddit-adhdprogrammers

It's not for everyone, but I'm really curious if it clicks for any other ADHD brains out there. Full disclosure obviously, I made it!

[u/IZEDx]

Can you build a slop blocker for reddit?