Tools for calm, intentional browsing

Save Yourself Software builds free Chrome extensions that quiet the noise and give your attention back to you.

See the extensions Why we built them

Four extensions. One mission.

Our flagship tools dismantle the internet’s biggest attention traps, and a few lightweight helpers round out the toolkit.

Intentional Internet

A calm, customizable website restriction tool that adds just enough friction to keep drifting tabs in check. Set purpose-driven limits, focused windows, and quick allowances so your browsing lines up with your plans.

Intentional Internet dashboard showing focused browsing windows and a quick allowance prompt
Chrome Web Store
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YouTube List View

Turns YouTube’s thumbnail grid into a clean text list. Users tell us they not only spend less time on the platform, but choose richer, higher-quality videos because the algorithmic bait drops out of sight.

YouTube List View extension rendering the YouTube home feed as a text-based list
Chrome Web Store
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Medium Feed Blocker

A tiny helper that hides Medium’s home feed so you jump straight to the writers and stories you already care about.

Medium Feed Blocker hides the Medium home feed with a simple message
Chrome Web Store
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Plain Time Tracker

A minimalist overlay that quietly shows how long you’ve spent on each site today—no dashboards, just the gentle awareness that keeps habits honest.

Plain Time Tracker interface showing category and daily viewer controls
Chrome Web Store

Built to undo the internet’s worst habits

We design small guardrails that make the attention economy feel humane again.

I built these tools after watching the internet chip away at the very abilities that make us human. Friends who once loved reading struggled to finish a page. Students who could debate ideas now repeat headline talking points. Even my own focus started to fracture. The science backs up what I’ve felt: social feeds erode comprehension, critical thought, and emotional stability at the exact moment we need them most.

Researchers have traced the problem from multiple angles. Exposure to low-quality information on social media crowds out learning and slows people’s ability to update their beliefs.Allcott & Gentzkow 2017 Algorithmic feeds intensify confirmation bias to the point that even deliberate cross-ideological experiments make participants more polarized because outrage wins the ranking battle.Bail et al. 2018 Neurological studies now show habitual scrolling stretching attention spans thin and raising baseline anxiety.

Save Yourself Software is my answer to that damage. Each extension adds deliberate friction—hiding infinite feeds, flattening baited thumbnails, nudging you to notice the minutes slipping away. They are tiny guardrails, but together they help rebuild the conditions for real thinking: quiet focus, intentional media diets, and the mental steadiness we deserve.

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