jsattler

Just saw this post on reddit where someone shared a project and claimed the following: > I've been working on this for quite a while now after getting tired of the monopoly Screen Studio has on screen recordings. I…

I built Pulse to have a quick way to see if a service is down without opening a browser or checking Slack, mails, etc. IMO, it looks beautiful and doesn't get in the way when you don't need it. It also supports macOS…

Boredom is uncomfortable but important. I built a neat little website to test and improve your boredom tolerance. Data stays in your browser or can be exported/imported. Website is open source:…

I built this screen recorder over the past couple of days. It's lightweight and uses native macOS features through ScreenCaptureKit. It supports various codecs (ProRes4444/422, HEVC/H.265, H.264) and additional features…

I built a screen recorder for macOS because the one I used before broke with macOS 26 and seems to be not well maintained. I think it turned out pretty cool, so I'm sharing it here: It uses ScreenCaptureKit and SwiftUI,…

Germany is currently debating part-time work and whether we need longer hours overall. I do 40h/week and it feels sustainable. I don't think the hours I put in are proportional to the value/output I produce. When people…

Let me know what you think. It's open-source and available at https://github.com/jsattler/zerodistraction

I built a bike trainer-powered arcade browser game for parties, bike fairs and other bike-related events. The game is very easy: Every X seconds the target watts increase by Y. The person who can keep up the longest,…

I built a Firefox extension to block distracting websites. Similar to LeechBlockNG, but simpler. I wanted something to get started with zero configuration, which was the main reason to build the extension. Let me know…

I built a simple Firefox extension that blocks distracting websites when you need to get things done. It's privacy focused and ships with useful presets to block social media, entertainment and news sites, so you don't…

I'm about to start a side project that requires a frontend. First things first, I did some research on which framework to use. The obvious ones are React, Angular and Vue. After doing some research using Google (Blogs,…

I’m working as a software engineer for an enterprise grade company whose core domain is not software itself. It’s my first company and I lack comparison how other companies, from smaller start-ups to larger software…