I Built Tinyfocus – A Minimal Tool to Help Solo Founders Focus
Hi HN, I just launched Tinyfocus, a small productivity tool designed specifically for solo founders and builders. The goal is simple: help you focus on what matters and get more done in less time. Here’s what Tinyfocus does: Lets you track your top tasks and prioritize efficiently. Provides micro dashboards to keep your daily focus in check. Lightweight, no distractions, no fluff. I built it entirely by myself, iterating in public, and I wanted to share it with the community to get feedback. It’s been crazy seeing how a simple tool can make such a difference in daily focus, especially when…
I Built Tinyfocus – A Minimal Tool to Help Solo Founders Focus launched on November 30, 2025 with 20 votes, #614 of 9,796 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Tinyfocus is a minimal productivity tool designed for solo founders and builders to manage focus and output. It enables users to track and prioritize their top tasks while providing micro dashboards for daily focus oversight. The tool emphasizes simplicity and removes unnecessary features, offering a lightweight alternative for those managing multiple projects independently.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Tinyfoc.us turns startup ideas into daily execution.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I just launched Tinyfocus, a small productivity tool designed specifically for solo founders and builders. The goal is simple: help you focus on what matters and get more done in less time. Here’s what Tinyfocus does: Lets you track your top tasks and prioritize efficiently. Provides micro dashboards to keep…
Does a similar job
all alternatives →- AMA minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking2025 · iamlockedin.com · ▲107
Started as a timer to track my freelance coding hours and stay focused. It’s local-only, zero-login, minimalist. Not monetizing it (yet), just seeing if others find it helpful. Thoughts welcome.
- YPyour personal, self-built productivity tool2013 · i.imgur.com · ▲21
Care to share a screenshot and the 'killer feature' of any of your personal, self-built productivity tools? eg. I made my own calendar and money-tracker last year - there are no other users, it makes no money, I have no plans to make it public, but it holds my life together :) http://i.imgur.com/h2keJDg.png GREAT BECAUSE... it tells me how much I'm going to get paid this month. Absolutely no ulterior motive here (ie. I'm not canvassing opinions for a productivity app startup or anything), just interested.
More work this month
the category →
Endless lofi beats composed live in your browser, over pixel-art nights in Paris, Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, San Francisco and more. Free, no sign-up.
Work · 25d ago · loficities.com
Smooth Recorder▲257Mac screen recordings that look edited when you hit stop
Work · 19d ago · smoothrecorder.com
Work · 13d ago · readrare.com
Source: Show HN post ↗ · launch text quoted in part
Launched alongside, November 2025
the whole month →
Guideflow▲1,338Create interactive product demos and step-by-step guides in seconds with Guideflow, the leading AI-powered demo automation tool.
AI · Nov 2025 · guideflow.com
Hardware and software projects by Ali Roberts
Life & fun · Nov 2025 · bitsnpieces.dev
Welltory▲1,028Measure your wellness. Use data to feel great every day.
Work · Nov 2025 · welltory.com
TrustMRR▲833LLM Gateway is a b2b artificial intelligence based in United States, founded in 2025. $259,539/month in verified Stripe revenue. $78,764 MRR. Ahrefs Domain Rating 52/100. growing 55% month-over-month. Track LLM Gateway's verified metrics on TrustMRR.
Growth · Nov 2025 · trustmrr.com
Boing▲782Life & fun · Nov 2025 · boing.greg.technology