Completed a massive overhaul of the CogniFocus website. The original landing page was too text-heavy and I came to understand that people must know what the product is about within the first five seconds. This was my primary goal while designing the new landing page. The following topics received visual emphasis

-> Hero section now explains the product visually within seconds

-> the issue of scrolling through the screen just once

-> switching between applications

Hey everyone

We just shipped v5.1.0 right before launch

Here's what's new:

While building CogniFocus, I realized most people don t consciously decide to stop focusing.

It usually starts with I ll check one thing, and then suddenly 15 minutes disappear. The dangerous part is how automatic it feels. You don t intentionally quit the session; your brain just slowly drifts away from it.

That changed how I think about focus apps. A timer can track time, but it doesn t react when your attention starts slipping. So, I started building around interruption recovery and attention protection instead of only counting minutes.

Curious if others experience the same thing too or if it s just me?

Tiny win before the Product Hunt launch

CogniFocus somehow hit Trending on PeerPush -> https://peerpush.net/p/cognifocus within 2 days, while I m shipping the biggest update yet: v5.0.0

This release completely reworks the app atmosphere and turns more of the experience into a reactive behavioral system instead of a passive timer.

redesigned onboarding
alive/reactive UX overhaul
Focus Shards progression
improved Goblin reactions
better Shield interruption flows

Currently rebuilding large parts of the CogniFocus app experience.

We ve been moving away from static screens, dead UI, generic productivity flows towards living scenes, reactive motion, behavioral atmosphere and emotionally aware interactions.

Over the last days we redesigned:

• onboarding flow architecture

• focus interruption moments

• companions reveal pacing

• Shield activation flows

• app blocking setup

• CTA motion systems

• atmospheric transitions

• reactive UI behavior

• motion hierarchy across screens

  A surprising amount of work ended up being Remove things that feel like normal productivity apps .

  Tiny motion timing and emotional pacing changed the feel of the entire app

Decided I m launching CogniFocus messy. Not because the app is unfinished but because I realized I m no longer redesigning screens.

I m trying to turn every part of the app into a behavioral system that feels reactive and alive instead of static.

The Goblin shouldn t feel like decoration.
The app should feel like it notices when your attention slips.

Will keep evolving that in public instead of hiding until it feels perfect

Spent the last 3 days rebuilding the CogniFocus website architecture

Migrated the site to Astro because the old setup started becoming painful once blog posts, release notes, SEO pages, sitemap generation, and content scaling started growing

The new setup feels much cleaner:
-> faster static pages
-> better routing/SEO structure
-> easier content management
-> cleaner long-term scalability

Connected the publishing flow through Firebase too, so updating the website is way less chaotic now.

Made a proper video for the CogniFocus website today.

Wanted something special that explains the actual feeling behind the app instead of just throwing screenshots everywhere.

The whole idea is basically: one quick check attention slips session falls apart.

So CogniFocus reacts when that happens instead of silently counting time.

I surveyed 76 people about social media addiction before building anything.

Here s what surprised me:

63% had already tried cutting back and failed
43% said they waste the most time when bored, not while working
Only 28% wanted funny reactions from a focus app
40% said visible progress is what would actually keep them using it

I built CogniFocus because timers alone never worked for me. I could start a session and still end up in another app.

The real pain was not just distraction. It was the time wasted because of it.

So, I wanted focus to feel like a little companion was keeping an eye on me while I worked.

It reacts when you start, drift or finish. Sometimes it roasts you, sometimes it praises you