Launched this week
Locked-In Café
A calm speed bump for the sites you open on autopilot
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A calm speed bump for the sites you open on autopilot
11 followers
Most site blockers are walls — "access denied," you resent it, you switch them off. Locked-In Café is a speed bump instead. Type a distracting site and you get a calm pause: "is this where you meant to go?" One key, back to work. To push through you type why — the friction is a conscious moment, not a timer — then it opens briefly and quietly re-blocks. Plus an honest Focus dashboard with real, measured stats. 100% local, no accounts, no tracking, and Free!
How does the typing-a-reason part actually play out in practice, like does it log what you wrote somewhere or is it just meant to slow you down in the moment?
@burakuq4i Good question! In practice, typing the reason is the friction. I've been using this personally for over a week now, and whenever I have to type why I want to go to a social media site, most of the time the reason is just nonsense - which is kind of the point, you catch yourself.
But on certain occasions I'm typing "because I've finished all my tasks" and that actually helps me build the discipline to work, plus the permission to let myself rest after doing good work.
And there's also the Focus dashboard, where the reasons you typed gets logged so you can look back on them!
This speed bump approach actually feels right. Typing why you want through the block is genuinely humbling, and the dashboard showing real measured focus time beats the usual vague "you did great" cheerleading. Wish I'd had this in college.
@kucuksahal10675 Same here, but hey, never too late to start! it's totally free and I would really love your feedback!
The "type why" step caught me off guard, having to write out a reason actually works better than I expected at breaking the autopilot. Local-only and zero accounts is a nice touch too.
@emircan67n3 Glad you’re liking the product! if you have any suggestions/ideas I'd love to know them!
the typing-it-out moment actually works, it makes me pause without feeling scolded. love that it stays local too.
@kranur594186 This was also the thing I stuck to, I didn’t want anything that scolded/guilt/shame me when I did good work. Happy that you’re loving the product! and would love to have your feedback/ideas!