I kept doing the same thing.

Open X for “one minute.”

Break flow.

Come back 20 minutes later.

Context gone.

So I stopped trying to rely on discipline and built enforcement.

Monk Mode for Mac is a system-level focus tool that blocks specific apps/websites during a focus session. Not hide. Not remind. Block.

If you choose to enter a session:

• Selected apps/websites are force-terminated

• Relaunch attempts get shut down

• Distraction becomes friction

The goal is not motivation. It’s environment control.

What surprised me while building it:

macOS does not make real blocking easy.

Handling process relaunch behavior and edge cases took more effort than the UI itself.

I also started adding lightweight structure around focus instead of turning it into a dopamine game.

Current features:

• App-level blocking during sessions

• Day progress indicator at the top so you can see how much of your day is left

• A clean daily to-do list that resets automatically every day

• Minimal UI, zero…