[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":353},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7214760":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":79,"maker_in_thread":191,"shape":199,"grid":202,"attempts":313,"same_week":314,"maker_shows":30,"maker_hidden":345,"reader_version":346,"card":347},"7214760","Focus","Steal back your productivity","title","Show HN: Steal back your productivity","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.heyfocus.com\u002F","heyfocus.com","Jasber",1392077865,2014,42,43,754,2272,34,"shown","productivity","focus and distraction blocking","desktop_app",[24,25,20,26],"website blocker","focus","mac menu bar","mixed",-0.091,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},5,11,1,8,25,{"docs":36,"execution":38,"performance":40,"idea":42,"design":43},{"positive":37,"critical":32},0,{"positive":37,"critical":39},4,{"positive":37,"critical":41},2,{"positive":41,"critical":37},{"positive":41,"critical":37},[37,37,37,32,37,32,45,45,37,37,37,37,37,45,37,30,45,30,45,37,30,32,37,45,30,30,45,45,45,45,37,32,32,37,32,32,37,32,45,37],3,null,{"problem":48,"audience":58,"pricing":46,"motivation":66,"time_to_build":46,"stack":71,"openness":76,"stage":77,"team_size":78},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Distracting websites waste time during work","inferred",[52,55],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},"7214784","This is a small Mac app I made that helps me stay off Hacker News :). It's a menu-bar app that with 1-click blocks certain websites. If you're interested I did a little write-up…",{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"7215343","I saw a lot of these apps out there but none that worked quite how I wanted. I wrote a little more about this in the case study: http:\u002F\u002Fbradjasper.com\u002Fblog\u002Fcase-study-focus\u002F…",{"value":59,"source":50,"evidence":60},"Mac users who want to stay off distracting sites",[61,62],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"7215919","xerophtye","Looks pretty useful but since its OS X only, so I can't use it. Btw, just cursious: >Do you have a grayscale icon? I don't like colorful icons in my menubar. Wow, are all Mac…",{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Maker wanted to stop visiting Hacker News and other distractions","maker",[70],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},[72],{"value":73,"source":68,"evidence":74},"Mac OS X app",[75],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},"open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":80,"objections":97,"requests":113,"questions":139,"alternatives":151},[81],{"value":82,"source":83,"evidence":84},"Simple, well-crafted design with motivational quotes","commenter",[85,89,93],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"7215474","eddflrs","Thanks for making this. It's beautifully crafted and great attention to detail is shown with the inspirational quotes and the optional b\u002Fw icon.",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"7214895","metabren","Nice touch showing a motivational quote when you try to visit the blocked website. I've been using Concentrate[1] so far with great results. It has a few more options (such as a…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"7216270","_august","This app is awesome! I've tried out others, StayFocused, manually editing \u002Fetc\u002Fhosts, but I love the simplicity of this. Would it be possible to add exceptions to sites? For…",[98,109],{"value":99,"source":83,"evidence":100},"Does not work reliably in Firefox or with proxy and DNS setups",[101,105],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"7215222","hakcermani","I could really use this ! but seems fine (get the nice inspirational quotes) with Chrome and Safari, but Firefox still is able to get through. I am typing this using Firefox 26 ...",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"7216184","bicv","I just can't seem to get Focus to work. I am using DNSCrypt from OpenDNS, but when I disable it, I still can't get Focus to work. 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