🐈 You step away for ten seconds, come back, and "dffffgggghhhjkl;;;" is now live in #general.
So I built something to stop it. Idea to live on GitHub in a day with Claude (Opus 4.8).
It’s a tiny app to catch cat-typing and suppress it, while letting humans type normally. It reads the patterns a cat makes (paws hit several keys at once, roll across neighbors, no spaces, no structure) and clamps the input before it goes anywhere. The moment you start typing like a person again, it lets go.
There's also a live demo where you can try to type like a cat and watch it fight back. Bring your own cat. Or just mash the keys 😁
https://miladsafarzadeh1.github....
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@miladsafarzadeh1 Happy launch Milad! Perfect. I’ll test it tonight in a house with 6 cats who think my keyboard is their personal dance floor. Ultimate real-world test :D
@navid_behnami Haha 😄. 6 cats is basically a stress-test lab. Honestly, you're doing me a favour. Thaks for your support.
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@miladsafarzadeh1 congrats on the launch Milad. I'm tempted to dl just for the "type like a cat" option.
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@miladsafarzadeh1 Hey, congrats, this is impressive. I'm curious about the detection logic. What specific models does the weigh heaviest for cat typing and how do you tune the threshold to avoid false positives on fast human typing or genuine typos?
As a person with a missing key on my laptop from a cat attack - this is a great idea! Will there be a Windows version available at some point?
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The live demo fighting back against my own chaotic key mashing is genuinely hilarious. Every remote worker with a cat has lived this exact nightmare, and watching an app distinguish between "paw roll" and "human typo" in real time is just perfect. :p
Thank you for building something that protects both our Slack channels and our cats' reputations. This is the kind of joyful, useful tool that makes the internet better. 🐾
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It's a very sad day for the freedom of expression enjoyed by cats everywhere--but a great day for us cat owners! What a great tool! I just wish I owned a Mac.
Open source mac utility for the exact problem i never realized had a name. Bookmarking for the day i get a cat 😄
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the live demo where you try to type like a cat and watch it fight back is a great touch. also built the whole thing in a day with claude which is kind of the best ad for ai coding I've seen
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PawPause
@miladsafarzadeh1 Happy launch Milad! Perfect. I’ll test it tonight in a house with 6 cats who think my keyboard is their personal dance floor. Ultimate real-world test :D
PawPause
@navid_behnami Haha 😄. 6 cats is basically a stress-test lab. Honestly, you're doing me a favour. Thaks for your support.
@miladsafarzadeh1 congrats on the launch Milad. I'm tempted to dl just for the "type like a cat" option.
@miladsafarzadeh1 Hey, congrats, this is impressive. I'm curious about the detection logic. What specific models does the weigh heaviest for cat typing and how do you tune the threshold to avoid false positives on fast human typing or genuine typos?
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
Love the idea, I think that have never seen product like this here yet.
Tacet
As a person with a missing key on my laptop from a cat attack - this is a great idea! Will there be a Windows version available at some point?
The live demo fighting back against my own chaotic key mashing is genuinely hilarious. Every remote worker with a cat has lived this exact nightmare, and watching an app distinguish between "paw roll" and "human typo" in real time is just perfect. :p
Thank you for building something that protects both our Slack channels and our cats' reputations. This is the kind of joyful, useful tool that makes the internet better. 🐾
It's a very sad day for the freedom of expression enjoyed by cats everywhere--but a great day for us cat owners! What a great tool! I just wish I owned a Mac.
Stripo.email
Finally, a cybersecurity product for the most dangerous insider threat: cats 😄 Congrats on the launch!
loved the name! waiting for this to be available on linux! :)
GlowPulse
Open source mac utility for the exact problem i never realized had a name. Bookmarking for the day i get a cat 😄
the live demo where you try to type like a cat and watch it fight back is a great touch. also built the whole thing in a day with claude which is kind of the best ad for ai coding I've seen
Uselink
LOL I was one of the early user @ Toggl, now I'll support pawpause as well :D