Jamie

Built MetricSync because most AI calorie trackers still feel too rough around the edges when you actually use them every day. What I wanted was simple: faster logging, better food recognition, and enough detail that I would not have to keep second guessing the numbers. If you have tried CalAI, MetricSync is positioned pretty clearly: • cheaper than CalAI • more features • better accuracy in my...

Most blockers make you quit YouTube, Reddit, or X completely. That never stuck for me because sometimes I need the product, just not the feed. So I built Monk Mode for Mac. It blocks the parts that trigger autopilot scrolling: - YouTube Home - YouTube Shorts - X For You - Reddit front pages - other feed surfaces The goal is simple: keep the utility, remove the slot machine. It is a $15 lifetime...

I built Monk Mode for people who do not want to uninstall YouTube, Reddit, or X, but do want the algorithmic junk gone. It blocks the parts that usually pull me into a 45 minute detour: - YouTube Home - YouTube Shorts - X For You - Reddit front pages - other feed surfaces That was the whole point for me. I still wanted search, specific videos, direct links, and intentional use. Just not the...

I like Claude Code a lot, but one thing still feels weirdly opaque to me: token burn while you are deep in a session. When I am iterating fast, the bill usually shows up after the fact. By then I already made the expensive choices. Long context, repeated retries, and bouncing between models can get surprisingly costly before you really notice it. I am curious how people here handle this in...

Last month I got one of those AI invoices that makes you open the usage page and squint. The annoying part was not that I used tokens. It was that I had almost no visibility while I was actually building. I was jumping between apps, prompts, and models, and the cost only became obvious after the damage was done. So I built TokenBar for macOS. It sits in the menu bar and shows token usage in...

I built MetricSync after seeing how many people liked the idea of photo-based calorie tracking but hated the price, missing features, or inaccurate scans. It is an AI nutrition tracker with a 3 day free trial, and the main pitch is pretty simple: cheaper than Cal AI, more features, and better accuracy in actual day to day use. If you have tried Cal AI or similar apps, I would genuinely love...

I kept testing prompts across Claude and ChatGPT, then checking usage later and realizing I had basically no feel for where the tokens were going. That was the whole reason I built TokenBar for Mac. It sits in the menu bar and shows token usage in real time, so I can see when a prompt, retry, or long context window is about to turn into an expensive habit. It is not a finance dashboard or team...

I kept reaching for blockers, then opening YouTube and getting sucked into Home or Shorts anyway. So I built Monk Mode for Mac. It blocks the specific feeds that wreck attention, like YouTube Home, Shorts, X For You, Reddit front pages, and similar infinite scroll surfaces, without forcing you to quit the whole app. That was the difference I wanted myself. I still need YouTube for specific...

I made a Mac app for people who open YouTube Home, Shorts, X For You, or Reddit front pages and lose an hour. Monk Mode blocks those feeds so you can actually work. If that is your problem too, it is here: https://mac.monk-mode.lifestyle

MonkMode is a Mac app that blocks YouTube Home, Shorts, X For You, Reddit front pages, and other feed distractions. I built it because the problem is usually not the whole site, it's the feed layer. Search, subscriptions, and direct links still work. $15 lifetime. Curious if anyone else has found feed-only blocking to be the sweet spot on Mac.

Built Monk Mode because I kept getting pulled into YouTube Home, Shorts, X For You, and Reddit