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The AI built the focus app he now uses every day to get good work done

Got the AI to build a focus app for his Mac; he uses it daily and says he does more good work with it.

How it works

  1. He gets the AI to build a focus app for his Mac
  2. Uses it daily
  3. Says he does more good work with it

Why it’s worth knowing

A productivity app judged by one honest metric: his own output.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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