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Connections – Sleep Mode

Launching today

Sleep Mode for your phone calls

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Sleep Mode for your phone calls

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Most people keep their ringer on all night "just in case" and get woken up by calls that could've waited. Sleep Mode fixes that — set your sleep hours, and callers automatically get a text saying you're asleep. If they call again, it rings through — treated as urgent. Built from scratch with AI (Claude) as a coding partner, zero prior Android experience.

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Launch tags:Android•Productivity•Open Source

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Hey everyone! 👋 I built this after a simple frustration: my phone rang and woke me up for something that could've waited till morning. I realized the real problem is that callers have no way of knowing you're asleep — so keeping your ringer on always feels risky, even when you don't want to be disturbed. Sleep Mode fixes that. Set your sleep hours, and if someone calls during that window, they automatically get a text letting them know you're asleep — with the option to call again if it's genuinely urgent. A bit about how I built this: I had zero Android development experience going in. Used Claude (Anthropic's AI) as a coding partner throughout — writing code, debugging, learning Kotlin from scratch. Along the way I hit some real manufacturer restrictions (Android's official call-screening permission is blocked on several phone brands like vivo and Xiaomi) and had to find a workaround. It's still an early, rough-around-the-edges build, but it's real, working on my own phone right now, and solves the exact problem I set out to fix. Code's open source on GitHub — would love any feedback, and especially curious if anyone's tackled this problem before!

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Building an app that tells callers you're asleep — launching tomorrow

Hey everyone!

I'm launching "Connections Sleep Mode" tomorrow, and wanted to share the story behind it here first.

It started from a simple annoyance: my phone rang and woke me up for something that could've waited. I realized the real problem isn't the call itself it's that callers have no way of knowing you're asleep, so we all keep our ringers on "just in case."

Sleep Mode fixes that. Set your sleep hours, and if someone calls during that window, they automatically get a text: "Hey, I'm asleep right now. Call again if it's urgent, otherwise I'll call you back." If they call again, no repeat message treated as genuinely urgent, and it rings through normally.

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