What do you think of this spray effect as a way to stop doomscrolling?
The more screen time you use, the more paint gradually covers your screen.
I’m looking for Android beta testers if anyone wants to try it!
Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/g/stop-swarm-testers
Then download it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stopswarm.app
Hi! We’re planning to hike from Mestia to Ushguli via Tsvirmi and camp along the way instead of staying in guesthouses.
Has anyone done this recently? Is wild camping generally fine along the route, and are there good places to pitch a tent near Tsvirmi, Adishi and Iprali/Lalkhori?
Also, can you usually have dinner or breakfast at the guesthouses even if you’re not staying there? We’d prefer not to carry all our food if possible.
Finally, is it easy to get a shared minivan or taxi from Ushguli back to Mestia with backpacks, and roughly how much does it cost?
Thanks!
I’m currently running a closed test for my Android app and the number of testers has been growing steadily.
I’m at around 36 daily testers/users now. Is there any real benefit to keep recruiting more people before applying for production access, or is this already enough for a useful closed test?
I posted Stop Swarm here recently and got a lot of really useful feedback from this community, so I’ve spent the last few days reworking it!
The basic idea is still the same: set a daily screen-time goal, and once you get close to it, pixel-art elements gradually invade your screen.
It’s an Android app built in Kotlin using a click-through system overlay and a foreground service. Everything stays local on the device: no account, no analytics, and no network connection.
Still very much a side project, so feedback is welcome!
You can still join the Google Group here if you’d like to beta test it:
https://groups.google.com/g/stop-swarm-testers
Then opt in and download it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stopswarm.app
I posted Stop Swarm yesterday and got some great feedback, so I added a new Cats theme alongside the original Invaders.
The app gradually fills your screen with pixel-art creatures when you approach or exceed your daily screen-time goal.
It is now in closed beta on Android and I’m looking for testers!
Join the Google Group here
https://groups.google.com/g/stop-swarm-testers
Then opt in and download it here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stopswarm.app
It’s free, fully offline, with no account, ads or analytics
I’ve been experimenting with a different kind of screen-time app for Android.
Instead of blocking apps or showing another warning popup, Stop Swarm gradually adds small pixel-art invaders on top of your screen as you use your phone.
You set a daily screen-time goal. As you get closer to the limit, more creatures appear. Some walk across the screen, some stop in the middle, and some hold tiny STOP signs.
The overlay does not intercept touches, so the phone remains usable. The idea is to make excessive scrolling progressively harder to ignore without completely locking the user out.
The current prototype is Android only, fully offline, requires no account, contains no ads or analytics, is based on a daily screen-time goal, and is designed to stay lightweight and unobtrusive.
Curious how many people here actually use GRIB files directly rather than apps like Windy or PredictWind.
If you do, what do you use to view them, and what data do you usually care about most?
Wind, pressure, waves, precipitation, something else?
Also interested in whether you mostly use them online or specifically because you need weather data available offline.
Curious how many people here actually use GRIB files directly rather than apps like Windy or PredictWind.
If you do, what do you use to view them, and what data do you usually care about most?
Wind, pressure, waves, precipitation, something else?
Also interested in whether you mostly use them online or specifically because you need weather data available offline.
Most GRIB apps I've tried feel like desktop software squeezed onto a phone.
Still very much a work in progress, but curious what people think.
Most GRIB apps I've tried feel like desktop software squeezed onto a phone.
Still very much a work in progress, but curious what people think.
Vibecoded a tiny anonymous site called oopslog where scientists post their worst lab mistakes and disasters
At first it actually got pretty good traction in research circles but now growth completely flattened and I genuinely dont understand why
Not sure if the audience is too niche or if the concept just gets old fast
Would love honest feedback from people here