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Products that do what Hidden Value - Cheap Dopamine Costs You does
Auto Close Distractions | Escape Dopamine Traps
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Earn screen time by doing real things. Not just blocking.
May 2026 · apps.apple.com
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Hi HN, A while ago I had a mildly depressing realization. Back in 2010, I had around $60k. Like a "responsible" person, I used it as a down payment on an apartment. Recently, out of curiosity, I calculated what would have happened if I had instead put that money into NVIDIA stock. I should probably add some context. For over 10 years I've worked as a developer on trading platforms and financial infrastructure. I made a rule for myself - never trade on the market. In 2015, when Bitcoin traded about 300 usd, my brother and I were talking about whether it was a bubble. He made a bold claim that…
Feb 2026 · shouldhavebought.com
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Hi HN, I’ve always struggled with impulse buying—that late-night Amazon scroll or the "deal" that's too good to pass up. I realized I was trading long-term goals for short-term dopamine hits. The core problem is the frictionlessness of modern e-commerce. To fight back, I built Nope It. It’s not just another budgeting app. It's a PWA designed to interrupt the impulse loop at the critical moment. How it works is based on a few key psychological principles: Forced Pause (The Cooldown): Inspired by Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow," the app introduces a mandatory 24-hour cooldown on…
2025 · nopeit.app
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Friction, not blocking — think before you doomscroll
Jul 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com
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A visual ADHD-friendly tool to boost focus and productivity.
Jun 2026 · cleverprinty.gumroad.com
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If you're currently caffeinated you may or may not want to hop on to this zap-or-confetti mental math operant conditioning chamber Sorry for the low effort app slop but this is what you get haha Certified sound free because that sort of dopamine is just distracting
2025 · arithmetic-skinnerbox.lovable.app
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