Feed Distraction Firewall

Protect deep work from AI news and social feed rabbit holes

Problem

Developers get pulled away by AI news, GitHub hot takes, vulnerability alerts, and sales promos. One planned to learn TypeScript but got derailed by a new tool, a server sale, and a money-making side gig, losing days.

Solution

A browser extension plus focus panel that delays feeds by topic and urgency, sets a daily information budget, blocks non-urgent content during focus blocks, and only lets allowlisted sources through immediately.

Users

Programmers and knowledge workers distracted by tech news and social feeds

MVP

Ingest and batch-delay sources like HN and V2EX; one-click focus mode with allowlist; daily information quota; inbox-style read-later; simple focus stats

Revenue

Free basic tier with subscription for advanced filters and team focus policies

Why now

Information density has exploded in the AI era, making deliberate noise reduction an indie-friendly anti-scale opportunity