https://github.com/cnille/worktime_toggler
Scripts to block/unblock distracting webpages during worktime.
https://github.com/cnille/worktime_toggler
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Scripts to block/unblock distracting webpages during worktime.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cnille/worktime_toggler
- Owner: cNille
- Created: 2022-10-16T11:46:14.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-10-25T08:32:30.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-21T11:49:31.578Z (3 months ago)
- Language: Shell
- Size: 6.84 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Worktime toggler
This script helps to decrease distractions during work hours by blocking certain
domains in the /etc/hosts.
You have to yourself customize the hosts-file you want to toggle between.
- hosts_worktime: Here you block domains that distract you
- hosts_playtime: Your normal hosts file during non working hours.
## How it works
In the custom hosts files you can add domains to block. For example;
```
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
```
This will redirect all traffic to `www.facebook.com` back to your localhost.
It won't lead anywhere as you might not have a local server being able to serve
that request.
Once the `worktime_toggle.sh` script is setup to run every 15 minutes it'll make
sure that the correct host is being used. [The initial inspiration](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/41496/two-different-etc-hosts-depending-upon-the-time)
wouldn't work for me as it doesn't take into account if the computer is
shutdown or sleeping at that exact time when the crontab will run.
## Future features
A future feature would be to instead redirect to another hosts which helps you
track how often you try to get distracted. And that shows you a webpage which
insists you to keep working. Hard work work 🧑🏻💻
Another future feature would be to track which Wifi the computer is connected
to. And to always have work-mode ON if it is a Wifi at the Office.
A third feature: Enable a way to temporarily de-activate a block for a domain.
But log how often this happens for which webpages so that weekly summeries can
be shown.
## Installation
Run the `./init.sh` script to setup the initial setup and get instructions.
## Links that helped creating this script:
1. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/41496/two-different-etc-hosts-depending-upon-the-time
2. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/38861/where-is-the-cron-log-file-in-macosx-lion
3. https://cron.help/#*/15_*_*_*_*
4. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/38861/where-is-the-cron-log-file-in-macosx-lion