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I Built a Smarter 20-20-20 App Because Every Other One Annoyed Me

DEV Community·Daksh Gargas·22 days ago
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The 20-20-20 rule is a simple habit recommended by optometrists to reduce eye strain: Every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. The problem is that most 20-20-20 apps are so annoying that I end up disabling them within a week. They interrupt you mid-thought. They popup during meetings. They remind you even if you just stepped away from your desk. So I built Blink . Instead of blindly firing timers, Blink tries to understand context: in flow? it waits for a natural pause away from your desk? timer resets automatically in a meeting? timer pauses waiting for AI output? timer keeps running The goal was simple: build a break reminder smart enough that you forget it's running until the exact moment you need it. Blink needs Accessibility permissions to work — which is a pretty big trust ask. That’s why it’s fully open source.…

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