Shamsu Ahmed

Hey Product Hunt!

Ever felt like your team is working with AI in silos?

• Using different tools for different tasks.

• Every chat session starts from scratch.

• No context about what your TEAM is working on.

• No access to the rich and unique knowledge your team has.

• No ability to sync AI work back to somewhere the team can use.

Hello, Product Hunt community!

We often celebrate the wins and the "hockey stick growth" moments here, which is incredibly inspiring. However, I believe there's a treasure trove of knowledge in the projects that didn't work out, especially in the rapidly evolving world of AI agents.

Let me cut through the BS. I m a solo founder. I live inside Notion, Xcode, Apple Calendar, Twitter, and 37 different Apple Notes. I ve tried every productivity method under the sun: Pomodoro, GTD, Deep Work, Time-blocking, Eisenhower Matrix, Second Brain setups You name it. I tried it. And none of them worked for me. But here s the hard truth: It s not about the tools. It s about control. And most of us don t have it. Not when your phone is a dopamine machine. Not when Twitter is whispering every 30 seconds. Not when your brain is trained to chase stimulation, not progress. So I did something extreme. I built FORGE. A behavioural operating system that locks you into your work app and won t let you out. Literally. No buttons. No excuses. No mercy. Why? Because I realized something brutal: The modern founder is brilliant at strategy and broken at execution. The will to build is there. The system to protect that will doesn t exist. Planning tools are abundant. Discipline systems are nonexistent. We don t need more dashboards. We need something that forces us to finish. What FORGE does: It starts simple: You set a mission write, build, ship, code You pick your app Notion, Notes, Obsidian, Xcode FORGE locks you into that app. Literally. Then it gets intense: Try to switch? Your phone screams. Loud. No snooze. No silence. Try to uninstall? You can t. System override is live. Try to cheat the block? You lose Success Points our compounding behavioral score that tracks execution across days, weeks, and months FORGE is designed to trigger shame when you break, and pride when you follow through. It s the anti-app. It doesn t try to motivate you. It coerces you. The Psychology Behind It: I reverse-engineered this from one core principle: Dopamine is stronger than willpower. So instead of fighting distraction with hope, I removed the option. You either work. Or you re forced to work. There s no other choice. No toggles. No gentle nudges. Just enforced execution. What I ve experienced: My screen time dropped by 47% in the first week I shipped 3 product experiments in 3 weeks I finally felt what locked in really means not a vibe, but a system I don t trust myself anymore. I trust FORGE. Who it s for: Productivity hobbyists. Dopamine addicts who still think another $30 template will change their life. Jelly brained potato fries who can t even do a something for 30 mins staright. Because FORGE is gonna fucking for the hell out of your to work your ass of. But majorly: FORGE is for builders with a vision, but no structure. Founders with the fire, but no guardrails. If you ve got 3 unfinished projects, 12 Chrome tabs open, and 0 deep hours logged this week you re probably a candidate. Where it s going: This is just the beginning. The vision is: AI-generated work sprints based on your cognitive state Biometric enforcement (camera open = session active) Cross-platform OS-level lockdown (yes, Mac and iPad coming) FORGE for teams where the biggest startup risk is silent productivity collapse Full execution dashboard: revenue pipeline + product focus + time integrity in one place Eventually: FORGE becomes the execution layer of your second brain. An anti-distraction regime that forces builders to finish what they start. What now: We re in private beta. We re testing with obsessed indie hackers, remote founders, and solopreneurs who are done with pretending. If you want in, DM me or comment below. (I read every comment.) AMA: Want to know how the system override works? Curious about how we designed shame triggers without being toxic? Want to see what Success Points actually track? Drop a comment. I ll answer everything brutally and honestly. Discipline-as-a-Service is real. The world doesn t need another to-do list. It needs the system that forces the next unicorn into existence. Let s build it.