oldmanrahul
Re:I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:42AM (#49742478)
This is my guess as well.
It's probably easier to get buy-in from stakeholders if what you want to add is hidden behind menu options (reduced risk).
Re:I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:40AM (#49742446)
LOL
Re:I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:40AM (#49742443)
Thanks for checking it out!
I've considered adding binaural beats, but kept v1 simple with two sounds I regularly use... I also think you're only supposed to listen to binaural for ~40 mins or so to get you brain on the right wavelength.
Will look into it!
Re:I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:38AM (#49742412)
This ^^^
Re:I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:33AM (#49742344)
Thanks for checking it out!
Re:I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:32AM (#49742339)
Good find! Will check it out.
Show HN: Hush – Brown noise and a speech blocker in the macOS menu bar
https://github.com/RahulPrabha/Hush
A MacOS menu bar app for brown/speech blocker noise.I've been using online "white noise" generators for over a decade because I find they reliably help me get in the zone for an hour or two of work. I didn't like the context switching cost of needing to find the active browser tab, so I created a mac menu bar app that makes it almost frictionless to enable/disable brown noise.How to try it: See...
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