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0llm is a small app to help you spend time away from AI

0llm is a small app to help you spend time away from AI

by TonyAlicea10·Jun 5, 2026·1 point·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●MidCozy

Timer plus writing prompts for AI detox when you could just use a phone timer.

Strengths
  • •Addresses emerging problem of AI dependency and instant gratification reflexes.
  • •No logins, no trackers, completely local session storage.
  • •Purposefully minimal design encourages actual use over feature bloat.
Weaknesses
  • •Implementation is essentially a timer with text prompts—could be a bookmarklet.
  • •No evidence this approach effectively changes AI usage behavior long-term.
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Developers and designers concerned about AI dependency

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Post Description

I'm a heavy LLM user in both coding and UX design, but I've found that LLMs have an addictive quality because they provide a form of instant gratification. I wanted an app to do a few things:

1) Help me take some explicit time away from an LLM, where I don't use AI for work, life, etc.

2) Encourage me to think in my own words and formulate my own thoughts.

3) Provide a place to go write something when the addictive reflex kicks in to ask the AI to generate something.

The app lets you start a timer and walk away. When you feel the urge to ask the AI to think for you, you go back to the app and it asks you a random question that encourages you to formulate a thought. Essentially "do a mental push up" when you were about to reach for the easy button.

It saves locally what you write if you choose. When you end the session it tells you how long you went. No logins or trackers.

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