I'm 18 and I built an AI Pomodoro timer that actually forces you to study (opens in new tab)

Hey everyone! 👋 I'm an 18-year-old student and solo developer. Like many of you, I struggle with procrastination. I've tried dozens of Pomodoro timers, but they all have the same fatal flaw: they only track time, not actual focus. You can stare at a wall for 25 minutes, and the app will still congratulate you. That felt broken. So, I spent the last few months designing and building Aurora — a desktop Pomodoro app that uses AI to verify if you were actually working and actively kills your sele...