Varun Manjunath

Varun Manjunath

SoloDeveloper fighting YouTube brain rot
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About

Enterprise Architect and Integration Engineer at QUT. Built NoSuggest in my spare time to fight my own YouTube addiction — a free, distraction-free YouTube client that removes the algorithm entirely. Based in Brisbane, Australia.

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Maker History

  • NoSuggest
    NoSuggestYouTube without the algorithm. Watch what you came for.
    Jun 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJune 3rd, 2026

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3mo ago

Doom-scrolling hooks the same dopamine!

Doom-scrolling hooks the same dopamine pathways as other addictions. I lived it, and getting free from it was hard.
I built NoSuggest for that fight: a completely free, source-available PWA that strips YouTube to just the channels you choose. No recommendations, no Shorts, no trending, no algorithm.
Please share it with someone stuck in the scroll.
Developers, a GitHub star helps more than you would think.
Thank you.

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3mo ago

Anyone else struggling to keep their kids off the YouTube rabbit hole?

My kid asked to watch one Bluey episode. Auto-play had other plans. Forty-five minutes later it was unboxing videos, a bedtime meltdown, and me wondering why a video platform built for "watching what you want" had quietly turned into a platform that decides for you.

That's the problem I set out to fix with NoSuggest, a free, open-source PWA that strips YouTube down to just the channels you choose. No recommendations, no Shorts, no auto-play, no trending feed, no algorithmic rabbit holes.

Kids only ever see content from channels a parent explicitly added. There's a dedicated Kids Mode with a 6-digit PIN, and it hides anything that could lead to an accidental tap outside curated content.

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3mo ago

Does YouTube's algorithm ruin your focus too?

I kept opening YouTube for one tutorial and closing the tab 40 minutes later having watched three unrelated videos I didn't plan on. The infinite feed is optimised for watch time, not for what I actually came there to do.

So I built NoSuggest, a free open-source PWA that strips recommendations, Shorts, and auto-play, leaving just the channels you deliberately follow. Nothing tracked, nothing monetised, no premium tier.

Curious how others here deal with this. Do you use extensions, screen-time limits, or just willpower? And if you've tried something similar, what worked for you?
If you like the idea, kindly upvote.

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