If you're like me, someone who gets glued to working at focus stretches, yet loves to walk (because that's when you get the best of ideas & can unwind), you'd resonate with this:
When I sit down to work, I forget to move. After a few hours, only to realize I'd rather want to be walking for a bit before focusing back again. This pattern has only increase ever since I have AI agents help me - more tabs, more terminals, hence double the time to sit.
So 10 days ago, I built something for myself over a weekend - a lively dot-matrix character that has feelings, can act as my buddy, and will live in my Macbook's notch. It only asks me two things: work intervals & time intervals (which is a setting).
WalkOS counts down to your next walk. When time's up, the notch expands and the character gets sad until you go walk. One tap to log, streaks to keep you motivated, and it respects your work hours so it won't nag during meetings (you can pause too).
Been super helpful that I am doing two things:
-> Turned the notch app base I built with into an agentic AI skill: so meet NotchKit, that works with 40+ coding agents, you can build your own notch app
https://github.com/aishwaryaasho...
-> Launching WalkOS: a Mac notch app (dmg), that you can download for yourself and start working + walking:
https://www.producthunt.com/prod...
https://walkos.aishashok.com/