Joined January 2021
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MindGuard is open source and I need help:
→ Instagram updates keep breaking resource IDs
→ New blocking rules still need Kotlin changes
→ 161 tests already written
⭐ github.com/Ashish-CodeJourne…
#OpenSource #BuildInPublic
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Running MindGuard for a few weeks now:
✓ I open apps with intent, not habit
✓ My YouTube history is finally searchable again
✗ I still waste time sometimes
✗ It’s not a cure — just friction at the right moment
And honestly, that friction helps a lot.
#MindGuard
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MindGuard doesn’t block all of Instagram.
It detects Reels using unique Android view IDs that only exist inside the short-video player, then instantly navigates away.
One gotcha: enable flagReportViewIds or every ID returns null.
Cost me a weekend 😅
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So I built MindGuard.
Free, open-source Android app.
Blocks Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Snapchat Spotlight.
Let's you use the apps normally.
Just not the short-video rabbit holes.
No account. No cloud. All on-device.
→ github.com/Ashish-CodeJourne…
#OpenSource
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Things I tried before building my own solution:
✗ Screen time limits (ignored every time)
✗ Grayscale mode (still got sucked, just uglier)
✗ App blockers (unblocked "just for a second")
✗ Deleting the apps (lasted 4 days max)
✗ Willpower (lol)
None of them were surgical.
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I opened Instagram to reply to a message at 8:47 PM.
At 10:53 PM I was still scrolling Reels.
That's not a willpower problem. That's design.
So I built something about it. Thread this week. 🧵
#AndroidDev #OpenSource #MindGuard
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I had this really bad habit of doomscrolling reels on Instagram, but for some reasons I can not uninstall Instagram.
So I am building an app to avoid doom scrolling.
Anyone wants to try ?
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Stop waiting for JS to do HTML's job! 🛑
Declarative Partial Updates let you stream HTML out of order natively. No heavy frameworks needed just to load a slow database query. 📷
More details: linkedin.com/posts/ashish-co…
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Glassmorphism used to look premium,
Not anymore,
I am seeing it everywhere......
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It says Install the PyCharm plugin from the JetBrains Marketplace
But isn't claude code?
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AI removes cost of building
But it doesn't mean it removes cost of being wrong.
The bottleneck has shifted from execution to judgement and that's much harder problem to solve.
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I found all posts like
This tech killed that
This tech is dead
IRRITATING........
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What stupid bug is this
I have completed my ride half an hour ago
And now same booking is automatically happening, I received 4 riders call
When they cancel ride again new ride is getting booked
@Uber @Uber_Support
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Humans were given a planet full of Trees, Fruits, Water and Sunshine
And they invented debt, war and AI
😑
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An AI just found the biggest loophole in software copyright. And nobody knows how to close it.
linkedin.com/posts/ashish-co…
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Tired of this
This AI generated slop with labeled Open Source.
If you can not maintain a certain code conventions i don't care about your open source.
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I absolutely hate any post which says
Blah blah blah tech is dead.
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Did you said IDE? LOL
Ever heard about @intellijidea
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