Jerry

Solo dev building Restate: a mental fitness library.
Mind & mood shifting on purpose: Braced→Released, Flat→Awake, Flooded→Held.
No account, no trackers.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Fun biological design flaw: 80% of nerve fibers go body-to-brain. Only 20% go brain-to-body.

Tell yourself to "visualize a beach" at 2 a.m. and your body looks at your brain like: who put you in charge?

7 ideas on how to actually shift your state: 👇 https://t.co/Pnk2QvGAmB

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@minhtrung203 The rain here is so clean with zero background noise—external mic or just your phone? I’m building an app with ambient soundscapes (blending 10 tracks so it’s never a static loop), and I’ve been trying to get audio this clean without extra noise creeping in.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@naturexview The rain here is so clean with zero background noise—external mic or just your phone? I’m building an app with ambient soundscapes (blending 10 tracks so it’s never a static loop), and I’ve been trying to get audio this clean without extra noise creeping in.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Link to listen if you need it for work today: https://t.co/iBUOr7PXaX

do you work better in dead silence, or do you need some kind of background hum to lock in?

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Music and podcasts are too distracting when I'm doing real work, but a completely silent apartment makes me restless.

Turns out I just need the sound of other people working. Keyboards, a chair scuffing, muffled chatter under a steady AC hum. Audio body doubling.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Seeing the natural, real world video synced to audio recordings, I really want to shoot videos like this outdoors to expand the library in my app (which I built using an algorithm with 10 audio tracks so it never repeats)，so more people can experience its beauty and the ambient soundscapes of unique places.

App link here: https://t.co/IkU1pjtDs7

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Seeing the natural, real world video synced to audio recordings like this, I really want to build my own sound library and record a lot outdoors, to archive and share my soundscapes through the app，so more people can experience its beauty and the ambient soundscapes of unique places.

I built the app using an algorithm with 10 audio tracks so it never repeats: https://t.co/IkU1pjtDs7

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Seeing the natural, real world video synced to audio recordings like this, I really want to build my own sound library and record a lot outdoors, to archive and share my soundscapes through the app，so more people can experience its beauty and the ambient soundscapes of unique places.

I built the app using an algorithm with 10 audio tracks so it never repeats: https://t.co/IkU1pjtDs7

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Seeing the natural, real world video synced to audio recordings like this, I really want to build my own sound library and record a lot outdoors, to archive and share my soundscapes through the app，so more people can experience its beauty and the ambient soundscapes of unique places.

I built the app using an algorithm with 10 audio tracks so it never repeats: https://t.co/IkU1pjtDs7

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Link to listen if anyone needs it tonight (or for work tomorrow): https://t.co/iBUOr7PXaX

Curious though, what's everyone else's go-to background sound for locking in? Rain, brown noise, or box fan?

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

I always skip thunderstorm tracks because the second there's a loud crack (or a loop my brain can detect), I'm wide awake waiting for the next one.

Kept the storm miles away, just a low rumble under steady rain. Great for knocking out or locking in for a few hours of work.
better with headphones

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@danidonovan At some point I realised how much I enjoy giving advice - and how little I enjoy receiving it...

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@kimianora The 11 p.m. mind isn't processing the day. It's filing it. And it won't close the file while the body is still acting like the day is happening.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

TL;DR — If you've ever deleted a meditation app because maintaining the daily streak stressed you out more:
I turned the framework in this essay into Restate，a situational toolkit built for the exact moment you're spiraling.
• 20 mins before a high-stakes meeting
• 2 a.m. cognitive loops
• Post-argument heavy residue
• 3 p.m. brain static
No daily streaks to babysit. No meditation jargon. Just pick the moment you're standing in, and shift your physical input

https://t.co/IkU1pjtDs7

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

Fun biological design flaw: 80% of nerve fibers go body-to-brain. Only 20% go brain-to-body.

Tell yourself to "visualize a beach" at 2 a.m. and your body looks at your brain like: who put you in charge?

7 ideas on how to actually shift your state: 👇 https://t.co/Pnk2QvGAmB

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@HormoneHangover Rent's reasonable. It's the neighbors.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@default_friend Zero of them fixable before lunch.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@BasementPlay Less left brain vs right brain, more body vs brain. The body talks way more than it listens.

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@noxwithin You can tell yourself "it's over" all day. Your body just looks back like, who put you in charge?

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

genius + medium model = GTD
genius + high model = a meeting that should’ve been an email
idiot + low model = Dumb and Dumber
idiot + high model = "Hold my beer."

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@Markmanson genius + medium model = GTD
genius + high model = a meeting that should’ve been an email
idiot + low model = Dumb and Dumber
idiot + high model = "Hold my beer."

[Jerry @GetRestateApp]

@Rubythaii world pace!!!