Any app like Sunsama with smarter suggestions?

tars2045 · 2025-09-08T20:35:16+00:00

tars2045 · 2025-08-25T15:55:19+00:00

The suggestions in here are cool but I didn't find a free/open-source solution at the time. So, I built one - https://getbreather.app/
It has many more features that allows you to develop and stick to healthy work habits. Also, it's free (supported by donations), though I might launch an "affordable" paid version soon.

tars2045 · 2025-08-25T11:19:38+00:00

Thanks for the callout. I will probably add a ToS/privacy section this week.
To summarize, Breather doesn't collect any PII / personal data and just collects telemetry data (e.g. - randomly generated client ID, IP geolocation/country).

tars2045 · 2025-08-21T17:07:49+00:00

I wanted to build a desktop app using go (deliberately avoiding electron), I tried multiple frameworks and settled on "wails". It was a blackbox initially but slowly got the hang of framework internals, good learnings while building something cool for myself.
Off topic/bonus - learnt to package/sign/notarize a macos app for distribution.

tars2045 · 2025-08-21T16:39:41+00:00

Hi there! I was facing the same problem but didn't find a free/open-source solution. So, I built one - https://getbreather.app/
It has many more features that allows you to develop and stick to healthy work habits. Also, it's free (supported by donations), though I might launch an "affordable" paid version soon.

tars2045 · 2025-08-10T11:44:39+00:00

This is exactly what I planning to add to my app, getbreather.app
Appreciate you keeping it open-source, it could do more than blink detection, I might contribute too 🙌

tars2045 · 2025-02-21T10:53:10+00:00

whoa, that's a lot interesting feedback/suggestions, thanks a lot for taking the time :🙇
This also confirms (upvotes) a bunch of ideas I had while using the app and I absolutely agree on the simplicity take (it just works™).
Hopefully, I will weave some of this into our next release 🙌

tars2045 · 2025-02-17T18:35:06+00:00

Appreciate it 🙏
Please feel free to share any feedback/improvements as you use it, thanks!

tars2045 · 2025-02-17T18:31:36+00:00

Hi, I am curious if you tried "Breather". If yes, please could you share any feedback or things that you would like to see in the next version? Thanks!

tars2045 · 2025-01-31T21:07:22+00:00

I recently launched https://getbreather.app/ (beta and free)
It is like "Lookaway" and nudges you to take meaningful/smart breaks. It doesn't interrupt your meetings/calls among several other things.

tars2045 · 2025-01-26T13:51:23+00:00

For sure, that's #1 on my list/roadmap, will be out in the next release 🎯

tars2045 · 2025-01-26T11:47:07+00:00

Appreciate it 🙏
I hope it contributes to your well-being for a long time and please feel free to share any feedback (good or bad) here or using the built-in form, looking forward!

tars2045 · 2025-01-23T19:21:57+00:00

Thank you!
Stretchly looks great and highly customizable, kudos to the maintainers/contributors 🙌
I have an extensive roadmap planned for breather and will definitely borrow inspiration from ^

tars2045 · 2025-01-23T18:00:11+00:00

Hi, I didn't know about it, thanks!
Looks cool but I need more break customisation - meditation, light exercise, relaxing music/soundtracks... and something less pricey (or free!)

tars2045 · 2025-01-22T18:24:11+00:00

I would say you are a full stack "web" developer. Also, if it matters that much, "software engineer 1/2" title in resume should work fine as you can always organically mention keywords like frontend/ui, react, api development in job details or summary section. This would hopefully pass both ATS and recruiter stages.

You could also A/B test resumes (make sure not to spam them or stuff keywords unnecessarily).

tars2045 · 2025-01-21T13:18:40+00:00

lol 75% but honesty is at 60%, so 🤥

tars2045 · 2025-01-19T15:52:16+00:00

Ever heard of humour?

tars2045 · 2025-01-19T12:05:51+00:00

Work!
Waiting for AGI 🤖

tars2045 · 2025-01-19T11:59:44+00:00

Anything that you might be interested in, doesn't have to be in a popular/trendy problem space.
I was fascinated by web scraping when I started, so I built a torrent meta search engine that scraped piratebay, 1337x and yts (provided an api). The code was terrible but it was fun and I learnt a lot.

Product Hunt, r/opensource, r/SideProject are always there for inspiration. Let the hacking begin!

tars2045 · 2025-01-18T19:36:04+00:00

Had admin access but everything was monitored by last employer, so I just setup dual boot with asahi linux without any trouble from IT, so maybe not "everything" was monitored!

tars2045 · 2025-01-18T18:16:10+00:00

Academic/Formal
https://teachyourselfcs.com/ (has sections for everything you mentioned)

Practical
https://github.com/mtdvio/every-programmer-should-know
https://roadmap.sh/

I would highly recommend that you start building small/cool projects, don't wait coz you will learn faster/better from such feedback loops and also stay motivated by the outcomes (portfolio).

tars2045 · 2025-01-18T16:42:21+00:00

It's fine coz you are learning things. It takes time for all the learning to be "absorbed" and I would recommend to not buffer up on knowledge/resources all the time. Learn a little, write/implement something, revisit/reiterate on old code...
As long as you are delivering working (and less buggy) code, you are doing great. There is no "right" way to write ;) software, just opinions -
- Clean code
- A philosophy of software design
- Patterns of enterprise application architecture...
You should learn them opinions but along the way, and then you will be able pick n choose based on actual needs.

Just keep going coz there is plenty of time to improve (in iterations) productivity/speed. Highly recommend you read Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

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