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My name is Julian, and I made Effortless with aracena to solve a problem we were both having: how to focus on exactly one thing at a time. Effortless displays my current…",{"value":62,"source":55,"evidence":63},"$9.99 one-time purchase on the Mac App Store",[64,68],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"20356000","reaperducer","I'm not in the market for this kind of app, but thank you for making it a straight $9.99 purchase, instead of a $4.99\u002Fmonth SaaS (rental) scheme. Or some bogus in-app purchase…",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"20356052","YCuN4M00v33odS","13.99 to show notifications from a list. Come on",{"value":73,"source":55,"evidence":74},"Maker and a collaborator both struggled to focus on one thing at a time",[75],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},[77],{"value":78,"source":55,"evidence":79},"Swift",[80],{"id":81,"by":59,"text":82},"20356403","No blog post yet but I'm happy to answer any specific questions here. 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