Amit Kumar

Building @ScrollEclipse for Android: block Reels & Shorts, keep your DMs. Sharing the journey. Join the waitlist for 30 days of Premium at launch ↓

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

Since 2017 I've built things on the internet that nobody used.

Two apps. Blogs. Affiliate sites. A Shopify store. This year, a SaaS for Italian restaurants that got zero customers.

So I changed one rule: stop building what's trending. Build what actually bothers me.

[ScrollEclipse @ScrollEclipse]

Open Instagram for one message.
Leave 45 minutes later.
ScrollEclipse is built to break that loop.
Block Reels, Shorts and endless feeds — while keeping the parts of your apps you actually need.
Less scrolling. More control.
Launching soon on Android.

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@eddiejiao_obj @bot for mobile that's kind of the whole job though, my worst bugs only ever showed up on a real phone

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@btha1stt the days you forget to post are usually the days you actually worked

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@Abdulhafid_io an android app that keeps instagram DMs but blocks reels. currently in the waiting-for-google-play phase

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@uriel_builds works for B2B stuff. building a consumer app, other founders feel more like peers than customers to me

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@BusDownBonnor free to run is the best part. does it actually send installs yet or is it more of a slow burn thing

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@ChaseHolew @dierre launching an app during fall semester is brave. what's the app?

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@maxkalashnikoff same boat. building was never the hard part for me either, getting anyone to actually use it was

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@CorruptFun @ckcarver83 foldables are usually where layouts fall apart, so it looking good on one is a real win

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@pcshipp and once you do understand it you realise half of it didn't need to exist

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@yevloop congrats. mine this week: last few days of google play closed testing for an android app that blocks reels but keeps your DMs. mostly edge cases right now

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@doalkyone ok what's the date, say it out loud so it's harder to move

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@aragadominic if the work would still happen without the post, you're on the right side of that line imo

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@l_eve_sh "house terrain" was not something i expected to read in a tracker update, now i'm curious

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@Sp1Deer3 respect. i get annoyed typing a long tweet on my phone, can't imagine writing config files on it

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@letannacook a DM turning into a 90 min call is honestly the best version of instagram

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@tyd3n_ between smoke off and minimalist screens you're basically in the bad habits business now

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

@melonrice383235 had 500+ passing tests at one point and the app still broke on my own phone, so yeah

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

I deleted Instagram because I was wasting too much time on Reels.

Then I just started watching Shorts instead.

That was the annoying part.

Deleting one app doesn’t fix much when every app has built the same infinite feed.

So with ScrollEclipse I’m trying something different:

keep the apps, kill the feeds.

[Amit Kumar @amitkbuilds]

I deleted Instagram because I was wasting too much time on Reels.

Then I just started watching Shorts instead.

That was the annoying part.

Deleting one app doesn’t fix much when every app has built the same infinite feed.

So with ScrollEclipse I’m trying something different:

keep the apps, kill the feeds.