Jared Salois

Okay, small confession. For the last few months I've been "busy" all day but somehow shipping almost nothing. Tabs open everywhere, jumping between Slack, notes, half-written docs and by 6pm I couldn't tell you what I actually finished.

Last week I stripped everything back to three things: one notes app, a timer, and physically closing Slack for 90 min blocks. First time in ages I actually felt like I made progress instead of just looking productive.

But I know I'm probably still doing this wrong. :)

So I'm curious what's the one habit or tool that genuinely keeps YOU focused?

I remember the era when people on X started gossiping that this platform is dead. (IMO, they were just angry that some rules had changed and they weren't featured.)

I can speak for myself that, being here for more than 3 years, I have had many opportunities:

• got free access to many tools or were sent physical products

• had calls and touch with the members of the community and also the internal team, including the CEO

• was encouraged to create a hackathon (last year)

• recongition

• there were also many missed opportunities from my side to hunt products

• featuring in newsletter with 140k+ recipients strengthening my personal brand position

Mine once created a reminder for a meeting that didn't exist, then flagged it three days in a row. I only caught it because I kept trying to remember who I was supposed to be meeting.

The interesting part is I still use it for the same task; I've just learned which of its confident moves to double-check. It feels a bit like working with a sharp new hire who's still finding their footing.

When did you first notice your AI agent needed a second look, and did you stop using it or just build a workaround like I did?