The best time of day for deep work (and how to find yours)
Chronotypes, circadian peaks, and the post-lunch dip: the science of when your brain focuses best, plus a simple way to map your own daily energy curve.
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Building Flow solo: my stack and what it costs per month
A transparent breakdown of the tools, services, and monthly bill behind a solo-built focus app - Expo, Cloudflare, Firebase, and the real euros it takes.
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What HRV actually tells you about your focus capacity
Heart-rate variability is sold as a recovery score, but what does it really say about your ability to focus today? A grounded look at the evidence and its limits.
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Time blocking vs. to-do lists: what actually protects your focus
To-do lists tell you what to do; they don't defend the time to do it. A look at why time blocking protects deep work better, and how to combine both without overhead.
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Calendar blocking that survives a chaotic day
Most calendar-blocking advice collapses the moment a meeting runs over. Here's a flexible approach to time blocking that bends instead of breaking when your day goes sideways.
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Why I moved Flow's AI off Firebase mid-build
A solo founder's first-hand account of switching AI infrastructure mid-build, from Firebase Functions to Cloudflare Workers, and what that decision actually cost.
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Why Pomodoro fails knowledge workers, and what to use instead
The Pomodoro Technique was designed for a different era of work. Here is a fair-minded look at why it struggles with modern knowledge work, and what adaptive scheduling offers instead.
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The Science of Deep Work: What Actually Predicts Cognitive Output
HRV, circadian biology, and cognitive recovery research explain why a fixed 25-minute timer is the wrong unit for knowledge work. Here is what the evidence actually says.
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Why I'm building Flow
I keep failing at deep work. Here's what I'm doing about it.
