I Built a Chrome Extension to Block Distracting Sites and Fix My Pomodoro Timer — Here's What I Learned

Let me be honest about something embarrassing.

I've read Deep Work. I've read Atomic Habits. I had a colour-coded Notion workspace that would make a productivity influencer cry with joy. I used three different Pomodoro apps across three years. I had a site blocker installed.

I was still wasting about two hours a day.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out where the leak was.

The moment I finally saw it