madinmo

I spent my weekend building the most unnecessary portfolio feature - a real dark mode

your cursor is now a flashlight. everything else? complete darkness. move around to read. that's it.

why? please don't ask that question :)

you can try it out on my website - https://www.pankajtanwar.in/ (theme switch on top right - works better in desktop though)

original thread - https://x.com/the2ndfloorguy/status/1973638876599296358

I twisted my foot while playing badminton. The doctor said the best way to recover is to keep it elevated. But I couldn’t really track whether my foot was in the proper elevated position or not.

So, I built a little app to solve this. Every smartphone already has motion sensors inside it. The accelerometer (measures movement in X, Y, Z directions) and the gyroscope (measures tilt and rotation). App reads these sensor values while the phone is strapped to my foot. It checks the angle continuously to know whether my foot is properly elevated or not.

If my foot is in a good elevated position, it shows me a green check. If it’s hanging down for more than a few minutes, the phone makes noise, vibrates, and flashes red to remind me.

It’s a fun little hack, but it actually helps me recover better by making sure my foot stays where it should. I ended up calling it “Elevation Police”. It's my personal ankle monitor that nags me for my own good.

discussion - https://x.com/the2ndfloorguy/status/1968306219371655227

I built a little script that gives me a fake phone call to escape boring and awkward situations. I bought a virtual number from twilio and saved it as one of my relatives.

Whenever I feel stuck, I just tap a button called “ESCAPE” on my phone. It sends a request to my remote server. The server runs a small Python script which schedules an actual call. After a minute, my phone rings and plays a pre-recorded audio.

I simply say “sorry, I’m getting a call” and walk away. A tiny project, but it has saved me so many times.

Script - https://x.com/the2ndfloorguy/status/1965624429146165251

Hi all,

I kept wasting time on social media, even though I’d promised myself I’d stay focused. Regular site blockers didn’t help.

I needed something that felt annoying enough to break the habit. That’s how the idea came up: make the blocker ask me to say something embarrassing out loud before it lets me back in. If I actually have to yell “I’m a loser” into my mic. Even better - the louder I screamed, the more time I’d get.

So I put together Scream to Unlock. It’s silly, but so far it’s done its job. My social feeds stay locked unless I really want them.

Extension link - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/scream-to-unlock-ye...

Its open source and transparent - https://github.com/Pankajtanwarbanna/scream-to-unlock. No data collection or tracking, Audio processing happens locally in your browser. No recordings saved or transmitted.