u/MindVerseworld

A few weeks ago I shared Anchor, a small Windows app I've been building.

I expected comments about bugs, missing features, or the UI.

Instead, almost every conversation became:

I just use Git history.

I use Sticky Notes.

AI should solve this automatically.

That made me realize something.

People aren't really trying to remember what they were working on.

They're trying to recover where their thinking was before they got interrupted.

That feels different from a note.

For example:

A sticky note might say:

Fix OAuth callback

A checkpoint might say:

· Objective: Finish OAuth callback

· Assumptions: Refresh token logic is correct

· Tension: Unsure why callback fails after redirect

· Next: Check token validation first

When I come back an hour later, I don't just know the task I know where my head was.

I'm still trying to figure out whether this is actually useful outside my own workflow.

How do you recover your work context after an interruption?

If you're curious, the project is open here:

GitHub: https://github.com/Roshiyadesign/Anchor

I'd genuinely appreciate honest criticism more than compliments. If this feels unnecessary, I'd like to know why. If you think it's solving the wrong problem, I'd like to hear that too.

Two weeks ago I shared Anchor, a Windows app I've been building to help recover work context after interruptions.

I expected most of the feedback to be about bugs, features, or the UI.

Instead, almost every discussion was about how people already recover context.

Some rely on Git history. Some use Sticky Notes. Others thought AI should handle it automatically.

That made me realize I'm not really trying to compete with note-taking apps. I'm trying to answer a different question:

How do you recover your train of thought after an interruption?

I'm still learning, so I'm curious 🤨

What's your current workflow?

Is there anything that consistently helps you resume work faster?

Have you found a system that works well, or do you mostly rely on memory?

Two weeks ago I shared Anchor here, a small Windows app I built to help me recover my train of thought after interruptions.

I expected people to focus on bugs or the UI.

Instead, almost every conversation was about the idea itself.

It made me realize that "losing your train of thought" isn't something everyone experiences in the same way.

For me, the interruption isn't expensive. The expensive part is rebuilding the mental context afterward remembering what I was trying to achieve, what I'd already ruled out, and what I planned to do next.

I'm still testing whether this is a problem worth solving or just something unique to the way I work.

So I'm curious:

· Does this happen to you?

· If it does, how do you recover?

· Is there anything you already use that works well?

I built Anchor because I kept losing my train of thought after meetings, messages, and random interruptions.

Before stepping away, I save a quick checkpoint:

· Objective

· Assumptions

· Tension

· Next Vector

When I come back later, I restore the checkpoint instead of trying to reconstruct what I was thinking.

Everything is local:

· No account

· No cloud sync

· No AI

· No subscription

Screenshot attached.

Download (free beta):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/111f\_mrBgm4tFUQZXysQjfZX\_JzPOXTJ5/view

Feedback form (short):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEXrIO2ZAZs26NVilhx5JmozHgpyvciR\_IrRz3jatSgAjtGA/viewform

I'm mainly trying to learn whether restoring context actually helps people resume work faster after interruptions.

Note: Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because Anchor is a new app with limited downloads. You can click "More info" then "Run anyway."