>>pvg+o1
That is totally my fault. Repo here: https://github.com/awaseem/foqos

>>awasee+(OP)
This is awesome, yay for an open source https://getbrick.app/

I'm curious if you have an NFC tag that you'd recommend or that you like to use?

>>mikodi+N8
Yeah there is tags in the app you can buy that just links out to Amazon, just a disclaimer it is an affiliate link.

Otherwise this is what I had around the house: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B075MD13Z7

>>awasee+le
I might be misreading what you are asking, but I just went into Shortcuts app and tried creating a new one, and there are both “Get Current Focus” and “Set Focus” actions.

Is this what you were looking for? “Set Focus” allows setting any focus mode (including custom ones, you can see one in my screenshot) on/off. And if you choose “on”, there is an additional conditional afterwards (until manually turned off/until time/until leaving location/until a calendar event ends).

Here is a screenshot of how it looks (https://ibb.co/R6gdRq4).

>>awasee+(OP)
I use the brick app: https://getbrick.app/, and it works pretty well, but they have this weird bug where selecting certain apps on a block list crashes the app. They have a pop-up indicating that it's some apple-related bug, which I find kind of hard to believe. Is this something that also happens in your app?

>>fuddle+eh
I have a recording on the site here: https://youtu.be/70C7L0T1VVY.

That is my real phone with me scanning a tag, I'm just using screen studios new phone recording feature

>>tigere+vm
NFC tags cost about 20 cents and they are easy to use, tied to a place, etc.

I've done a lot of thinking about cyberphysical art that used to look like

https://mastodon.social/@UP8/111013706271196029

and now look like

https://bsky.app/profile/up-8.bsky.social/post/3lbqfh7pesc2x

Notably with the QR code on the back I found people didn't understand the branding of the card and had to flip it over to know the affordances it offers which didn't work when the card was stuck to the wall, as in

https://bsky.app/profile/up-8.bsky.social/post/3lbftgz6kok2c

I researched NFC tags as an option here and bought a 100 pack and a Sony FeliCa reader but found the problem of "communicating the affordance is available" was much worse, there's no standard logo (except one that belongs to the banks that they wouldn't give me permission to use) and not much awareness. I was irritated that NFC support is limited in iPads, for instance. So I stuck with QR codes that people understand.

>>awasee+dT
Ofc. Not sure if this was inspired by the thread on non-distracting products, but you could try plugging over there too [0]. Hope you're enjoying the HackerNews high today

[0]: >>42780953

>>tigere+vm
For those curious, this is called Focus and is pretty highly configurable after a little learning curve. You can use automations to switch modes by calendar, date/time, GPS location, connected Wi-Fi network, etc. No programming required. Programmable via Shortcuts, too!

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/set-up-a-focus-iphd62...

>>baxtr+r41
For this reason a configuration profile [1] is the only fool proof method. However, I have only used them to deploy permanent content restrictions. I don't know of a way to enable or disable restrictions based on the time of day or a certain duration.

1. https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-configurator-mac/creat...