What makes Mandela Effects genuinely interesting to me is that underneath all of the memories and glitches, there's a question that if the past can shift, the system isn't fixed. If the system isn't fixed, it patches. If it patches, there's a version of you running on a strategy guide that no longer matches the current build.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about how the 'system' patches itself and how we ourselves could patch or update our own current build. There must be a way to actually win at this game, some how. Because even setting aside whether specific memories are real, it seems most of us are playing a strategy that was written for a version of the game that isn't running anymore. Not to mention we were thrown into this world and birthed, for complete unknown reasons to us, and not given any type of guide whatsoever as to how to get through this life.

I wrote a book about what it means to play a system that patches continuously and how to build a character that survives the updates. Ultimately it's about what winning could even mean if we are quite truly living in some type of game.

It's called The Game of Earth: A No-Bullshit Player's Guide by ZD Fanawe.

The book doesn't require believing the Mandela Effects are literal. It uses the patchable-system frame because it's genuinely what our experience keeps showing us over and over again, which is that the rules update and yet we are all running on code that wasn't updated itself. And no one has shown us how to exit any of this or how to win at it (if that's even possible. which I try to outline in the book, that it is)

A — Answer

Hey everyone,

I'm the solo developer behind Doz, a medication reminder app I originally built because I couldn't keep my own prescriptions straight. I've posted here before, and this community has been a big part of how the app got better.

Doz has now passed 2,000 active users with a 4.8 average rating. All of it is organic and word of mouth — I haven't spent a single cent on ads. I really appreciate that.

Here's the part that matters to me: roughly 40% of those users came from Reddit — from people here trying it, telling me what was broken, and telling someone else about it.

So I want to give something back: there's a 30% off offer code for Doz Pro at the bottom of this post. It works for everyone, it's good for 3 days, and you don't need to comment or DM me for it.

B — Better

Most medication apps I tried treat every pill as an isolated task: "take one at 8:00 AM." Real prescriptions aren't like that. Medications belong to the same treatment; they have food timing, they run out, they need refilling early, and they end.

Doz is built around prescriptions, not a flat list of reminders. You create a prescription, put the related medications and instructions inside it, and follow the treatment as a whole instead of decoding a long list of individual pills.

What's new since my last post — all of it built on feedback from people here:

Prescriptions now behave like actual prescriptions. This was the most-loved feature, so it got the most work:

• Prescriptions have a duration and an end date
• You can attach your doctor's name and contact details
• You can mark a prescription as completed and keep it archived

Notifications and refills:

• More reliable follow-up reminders for missed doses
• Improved low-stock and refill alerts so you're warned before you run out, not after
• Clearer at-a-glance stock levels

Plus the foundation from before: daily and flexible non-daily schedules, before/with/after-meal reminders, Critical Alerts that get through Silent and Focus modes, adherence insights, Home Screen widgets, iCloud sync with data staying on your device, eight languages, no ads, no account required.

Coming next, aimed at making it easier to actually take the dose rather than just be reminded of it:

• Apple Health sync
• Mark a dose taken straight from the notification
• Mark a dose taken from Apple Watch

C — Cost

Doz is free to use with:

• Up to 4 active medications and 1 active prescription
• All schedule modes
• Reminders and dose logging
• 7-day progress tracking
• Inventory tracking and low-stock alerts

Doz Pro is designed for people with more complex routines, helping you stay consistent, avoid missed doses, and manage everything with less effort:

• Unlimited medications and prescriptions so you can track everything in one place
• Critical Alerts and smarter follow-up reminders to reduce missed doses
• Detailed adherence insights to understand how well you’re following each treatment
• Full progress history for long-term tracking
• Meal-time synchronization for better timing accuracy
• Faster dose logging directly from Home Screen widgets
• Archived treatment management to keep past prescriptions organized
• Custom alert sounds for clearer, more noticeable reminders

Pricing:

• Monthly: $2.99
• Yearly: $9.99, 3-day free trial
• Lifetime: $19.99

All paid plans support Apple Family Sharing.

The thank-you offer — 30% off Doz Pro Lifetime

• Code: DOZREDDIT
• Redeem link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6760699565&code=DOZREDDIT
• Works for everyone; no comment or DM needed
• Expires in 3 days
• The final price varies by country, since App Store pricing is regional

How to claim:

1. Open the redeem link on your iPhone.
2. Apply the code at checkout.
3. Enjoy Lifetime Pro! 🎉

If you manage medications for yourself or someone in your family, I'd really like to hear what still doesn't work for you. Every feature above came from someone saying exactly that.

And if you're already using Doz and it's been helping, a rating or a short review on the App Store would mean a lot. As a solo developer with no ad budget, reviews are pretty much the only way new people find the app — and honest feedback in a review tells me what to fix next just as well as a comment here does. Thanks for reading!!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doz-medication-reminder/id6760699565

Website: https://getdoz.app/

In April, Tiago Forte posted asking for a dead simple notetaking app based on markdown files. He said Obsidian was far too complicated for him and that he wanted Apple Notes, but with markdown storage. The thread got 741 replies, and
none of the answers were what I was looking for either.

I had felt that same friction for years without ever managing to name it. His post named it. SteelNote came out today on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

The whole idea in one line: every note is a plain .md file in your own iCloud Drive. Not a database row that exports to Markdown. The file is the note. You
can open your entire library in Files, in TextEdit, in Obsidian, right now. If I disappear tomorrow, your notes do not.

What it does:

- Native SwiftUI on all three platforms. No Electron, no web view.
- Tables, inline images, inline PDFs, document scanning, and checkboxes that
collect into a real to-do list across every note.
- Wikilinks, backlinks, and unlinked mentions, so a note you forgot writing
can still find you.
- Eleven Shortcuts actions plus Spotlight, with no companion app and no URL
scheme to learn.
- Imports from Evernote, Notion, Bear, Obsidian, Apple Notes, Ulysses, Craft,
Drafts, Word, RTF and PDF. That was the least glamorous part to build and
the one that decides whether anyone can actually switch.
- Six languages, including the Siri phrases.
- iCloud sync included, and never behind the paywall.

What it does not do yet:

- Apple platforms only. No Windows, no Linux, no Android, and no plan for any
of them.
- No plugin system. That is a deliberate choice and it will frustrate some of
you. I would rather ship good defaults than a marketplace.
- No live vault mode. It imports an Obsidian vault rather than editing one in
place. It is on the roadmap, and I would rather ship it solid than early,
because getting it wrong means touching your files.
- Rediscover, which resurfaces notes you have not opened in a while, currently
works on how long ago you touched something and whether anything links to
it. Semantic resurfacing is next, running on device.

Fourteen day trial, then an annual subscription or a one-off lifetime purchase, whichever suits you. No monthly plan, and sync is never paywalled.

FOUNDER
€49.99 lifetime, instead of €89.99.
For the first 15 days. Same app, same updates forever, just cheaper for being early. Available inside the app.

https://steelnoteapp.com

I am the developer, and I am here for the next few hours. Ask me anything, including the awkward questions. Two of the bugs fixed in the shipping build came from beta testers who pushed back, so pushing back works.

Here are a few things that make HabitSet different:

- Flexible streaks that actually make sense

Track habits weekly or monthly (like 3x/week or 8x/month) without fake daily streak pressure.

- Your history stays intact

Changing a goal won’t automatically destroy your existing streaks and progress.

- No random streak losses

Time zones and DST are handled properly, so your progress stays reliable.

- Reminders that aren’t annoying

They stop once you complete a habit and return only if you undo it.

- Fast home screen widgets

Complete habits instantly without opening the app.

- Fully offline & privacy-first

No account, cloud sync, or data collection. Your data stays on your phone.

There’s also a compact layout for tracking many habits, plus lightweight stats that stay useful without becoming overwhelming.

Every review genuinely helps 🙏