Touch Grass, Babu: I Built an Offline AI Mom Who Locks Your Apps Until You Touch Grass

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <p><strong>Your screen time is 9 hours. Nusrat from next door is already married. GO OUTSIDE!</strong></p> <p>Anyone who knows me knows just how many app blockers I use on a daily basis. But even after all those blockers, I'd somehow find a way to waste time doomscrolling because obviously no app can cover all the loopholes. Facing all this, I decided to take the matters into my own hands and develop an app that would sto

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <p><strong>Your screen time is 9 hours. Nusrat from next door is already married. GO OUTSIDE!</strong></p> <p>Anyone who knows me knows just how many app blockers I use on a daily basis. But even after all those blockers, I'd somehow find a way to waste time doomscrolling because obviously no app can cover all the loopholes. Facing all this, I decided to take the matters into my own hands and develop an app that would sto

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <p><strong>Your screen time is 9 hours. Nusrat from next door is already married. GO OUTSIDE!</strong></p> <p>Anyone who knows me knows just how many app blockers I use on a daily basis. But even after all those blockers, I'd somehow find a way to waste time doomscrolling because obviously no app can cover all the loopholes. Facing all this, I decided to take the matters into my own hands and develop an app that would sto

Evidence

Touch Grass, Babu: I Built an Offline AI Mom Who Locks Your Apps Until You Touch Grass

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