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I'm building Makerflow to help developers get in flow mode more often without sacrificing collaboration - so that coding is more efficient and joyful!

Belhassen Chelbi • Aug 13 '22

I signed up but still don't understand what is it about. Can you explain?

Vivek Ranjan • Aug 13 '22

Thanks for checking it out! It can:

block distracting apps and websites when you turn on Flow Mode - you'll need the CLI and browser extension to really take advantage of that
If you connect it to your slack, it can also update your status to let your colleagues know you might slow to respond in Flow Mode
If you get the vscode extension, it can automatically turn on Flow Mode when you start coding.
If you connect it to github or bitbucket, you can get a list of PRs assigned to you. List is visible in vscode, cli, or webapp
If you connect it to your Google Calendar, you can see your events and join Google Meet video chats in vscode, cli, or webapp
With the Google calendar integration you can also call a cli command to automatically launch Google Meet when your event/meeting starts.

Mladen Macanović • Aug 16 '22

I like the idea. But I think there needs to be more "connections". Discord, Teams, Visual Studio, and other apps that might be distracting.

Vivek Ranjan • Aug 16 '22

Yeah, I will expand integrations eventually. I am working on this on nights and weekends as a solo dev. It does close Discord when you start flow mode

Mladen Macanović • Aug 16 '22

It definitely has potential. I know for sure it would help me a lot.

georgesamy • Sep 7 '22

I've written some linux scripts that I run before/after going in focus mode.. That acts pretty similar to what your software does (No detection though, manual start/stop :D)
I like what you've done, nice approach and goodluck!

Vivek Ranjan • Sep 11 '22

Thanks for the kind words! If you are interested, I would love to chat more about your solution!