Alex

Alex

Ambient sessions for focused work 🌧️

About

Solo developer building DeepPane — an ambient session composer for focused work. I got tired of juggling YouTube ambient videos, Spotify, and Pomodoro timers just to start a work session. So I built one layer that holds it all together: background scene, music queue, session timer, saved and ready for tomorrow. I care about calm software, deep work, and tools that stay out of your way. Currently: shipping DeepPane 🌧️ Stack: Chrome MV3 · Cloudflare Workers · D1 · R2

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Maker History

  • DeepPane
    DeepPaneTurn your browser into a peaceful focus room
    Jun 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJune 21st, 2026

Forums

30d ago

How many users does it take to validate a product?

When you're a first-time founder/maker, and you're the only person using your own product, you probably overlook important things. That's why you need to test the product with as many people as possible.

The problem is that time is limited. You have to decide not only how many people will test it, but also who those people should be.

1mo ago

How do you promote your product without sounding too salesy?

I've always struggled with promoting my own work. It always felt a little awkward because I grew up in an environment where drawing attention to yourself wasn't really encouraged.

That's not exactly ideal when you're trying to build a business, and even less so when marketing is literally how you make a living. :D

Tech stack and some honest tradeoffs I made building a solo Chrome extension

Since some of you here are builders too here's what's under

the hood and why:

Stack:

- Chrome MV3 (had to. MV2 is end-of-life)

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