👋🏿 Product Hunt! Thanks for hunting us @mwseibel 🙏🏿 Daniel here, alongside @alex_s_4 and we're the co-founders of Zen! ⌛ Background I went from playing football and doing splits at Yale University to working for over 8 hours a day with terrible low back pain and carpal tunnel from typing hunched over my computer at Adobe. @alex_s_4 started coding when he was 11 years old, spending time in engineering roles at places like Adobe, Intuit, and eventually developed a severe case of "Forward Head Posture" (Nerd/Text Neck), a postural deformity that's often caused by unhealthy posture habits (like slouching while coding). We met each other a few years ago working in San Francisco and eventually came together to build Zen alongside top ergonomists and physical therapists. 🧘🏽‍♀️ How does Zen work? Real-time Slouch Alerts: Zen mirrors your posture and gently alerts you when you slouch. Privacy: The desktop app uses your camera to monitor your posture, without recording or storing any visuals. Your privacy comes first. Movement Nudges: Zen reminds you to stand up, take walk breaks, and stretch so that you reduce screen fatigue and increase blood flow. Inspirational Insights: Set goals and keep track of your posture improvements on your personalized dashboard. Posture & Workstation Tips: Learn how to sit/stand comfortably and how to set up a healthy productive workstation. 👤 Is Zen for me? Individuals — Zen is built for anyone who spends a portion of their workday using a computer. We have users from different walks of life... from engineers at Google to college and elementary students. Companies — Y Combinator companies like Brex offer Zen to their employees as a benefit/perk so that they can save on insurance/worker's compensation spend, while boosting employee productivity, engagement, and appreciation. 💰 Product Hunt deal: We're offering an incredible deal to the Product Hunt community! Annual - $23.99/year with 7-day FREE trial (normally $69.99/year) Monthly - $3.99/month with 7-day FREE trial (normally $12.99/month) 🎤 , We would love your feedback on the user experience and to hear more about any workday health pain points you have! Happy to offer any guidance on choosing the right chair, mouse, keyboard, and other equipment. I'll be here all day! Cheers✨ Daniel

My work-sofa and I feel personally victimized by this 😂 - but seriously, brilliant idea! If there's half a chance that it protects my poor back, I'll use it all the time. Nice one @alex_s_4 and @handheldmouse!

've been using this for a minute! The app is the best computer background app you could have!

An awesome product and an awesome team! Congrats on the PH launch Daniel!

Especially during home office hours I feel like your product will be very helpful. Congrats on the launch!

Thought about this issue for a while now. I never thought about using the webcam to fix it! This is really cool!

Love the app’s design - it’s so friendly! 😄 Also appreciate how it’s not very intrusive & mostly runs in the background. Awesome work! 🧘‍♂️

Awesome product! We are proud users of Zen 🙏

I really need this! Congrats! Just a feedback: I can't click on questions in the FAQ section.

Nice one! Great idea🤩

Congratulations! A very useful app!

I've been using Zen's product and it has made posture correction / awareness part of my daily routine through the 10 minute posture session it reminds me of. My favorite part is that I can have it run a posture check during a zoom meeting or while I'm working on other things and the mini bar Zen icon let's me know how my posture is doing

This is really interesting! I've noticed that the default session time is 10 minutes, any reason why that is the default?

I love how Zen does so much for our physical well being. With just 10 minutes of investment everyday, I've improved my posture score in just 2 weeks. This app has literally got my back!

Very cool concept, I had some stiff shoulders today probably due to poor posture

this is a great solution to a very common problem. I heavily researched this topic in college to create a product that solved the issue in a different way. This is a much better solution than what we developed. Kudos!

Wonderful product with a super team who really cares about people posture and wellbeing!!!

Dope product!

?makers Linux please? :-)

Interesting! We don't pay enough importance to our posture that has real impact on our life. Finally a tool that will help you get you right. Great Job!