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I often stay glued to my monitor for hours without realizing how quickly time passes.

Sometimes, I need to stand up and take a proper break. This app helps enforce that. After a set amount of time, it blocks your computer until the break timer runs out, so you are forced to step away.

It is only one small part of preventing of glowing your mind and avoiding overwork.

I believe productivity also requires rest. Give your mind the break it deserves every now and then.

I shipped my side project a few hours before leaving for vacation

It’s currently late at night, my bags are only half-packed, and tomorrow morning I’m leaving for vacation.

So naturally, I decided that tonight was the perfect time to launch my side project.

It’s called Stop Burnout. It a desktop app that helps people stop working for too long without taking proper breaks.

I built it because normal break-reminder apps were too easy for me to ignore. I would click “skip,” continue working, and suddenly realize that several more hours had passed.

Stop Burnout is meant to be harder to dismiss. You choose how long you want to work, how long your break should be, and how strictly the app should enforce it.

The first version is now live (I tested live payments, it works + license)

https://stopburnout.app/ free trial 14 days

It is still early, and I’m sure I’ll discover at least five problems the moment I open my laptop again.

But I really wanted to ship it before leaving instead of spending the entire vacation thinking:

“Maybe I should make one more improvement before launching.”

So here it is.

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback, especially on the idea, the website, and whether the enforcement concept feels useful or too aggressive.

Now I should probably finish packing.

How do I find parents with kids who need my product?

It is designed for parents and creative minds.

I’ve been coding professionally for more than 10 years.

I’m not someone who just discovered programming through AI. I’ve built real systems, shipped real products, debugged horrible production issues, dealt with clients, architecture, deployment, tech debt, all of it.

But around a year ago, I discovered vibe coding with Cursor.

And honestly, it changed the game completely.

Not because it “replaced” me as a developer.

The opposite.

It feels like me, but 10x me.

Since then, I’ve built more than I probably did in the previous few years combined: SaaS products, websites, side businesses, internal tools, automations, landing pages, small apps, experiments, prototypes.

The biggest change is not that AI writes code.

The biggest change is that the friction between idea and execution is almost gone.

Before, I would have an idea and immediately start calculating the pain:

“Need auth.” “Need Stripe.” “Need dashboard.” “Need emails.” “Need admin panel.” “Need deployment.” “Need to clean up the UI.” “Need to write all the boring glue code.”

Now I just start.

That is the real unlock.

Some tips from the last year:

1. AI is way better when you already know what good looks like. If you’re an experienced dev, don’t treat it like magic. Treat it like a very fast junior/mid dev that never gets tired. You still need to review, guide, refactor, and make decisions.

2. Don’t ask it to build the whole product at once. Ask for small, clear steps. One feature. One component. One bug. One refactor. Big vague prompts usually create messy results.

3. Use it to remove friction, not thinking. Let it handle boilerplate, first drafts, CRUD, styling, tests, scripts, migrations, integrations. Keep the product thinking, architecture, edge cases, and business logic in your hands.

4. Build ugly first. Polish later. Cursor makes it very easy to overbuild. Don’t. Get the thing working. Then improve UX, code quality, performance, and design.

5. Save your prompts and patterns. After a while, you’ll notice repeatable workflows: landing page generation, Stripe setup, auth flows, dashboards, email templates, admin tools, automation scripts. Turn those into reusable instructions.

6. Ship smaller. Ship more often. The biggest advantage is speed. Don’t spend 6 months on one giant SaaS idea. Build small tools, validate quickly, and move on if nobody cares.

7. Still learn the fundamentals. AI can make bad developers faster at making bad software. Fundamentals matter even more now because you need to know when the output is wrong.

My current feeling:

AI coding tools are not replacing developers who know how to build.

They are massively amplifying them.

A solo dev with taste, experience, and strong execution can now move like a small team.

For SaaS builders, this is probably the best time ever to be technical.

The barrier to building has dropped like crazy.

The hard part is no longer “can I build it?”

The hard part is:

“Is this actually useful?” “Can I distribute it?” “Will people pay for it?” “Can I stay focused long enough to ship?”

That’s where the real game is now.