Viraam Made Me Admit I Was Wrong About Break Reminders

I've resisted the whole category of apps that nag you about breaks, posture, hydration, and eyestrain. Being told what to do by my computer felt like an insult to my judgment. The reality: my judgment about when to take a break is bad. I lose track of time at the keyboard, I resist interruptions on principle, and by the end of most days I'm running well under 100%. None of that is a software problem until you decide it's worth fixing with software. I evaluated a handful of the popular Mac App Store options for this. I landed on Viraam. The features that actually matter Context detection. Viraam auto-pauses during meetings, calls, screen sharing, fullscreen video (Netflix, YouTube, VLC), and when you've stepped away from the Mac. This is the feature that makes the rest of the app tolerable — a break reminder that fires mid-screen-share is a break reminder you'll disable within a week. Six routines, not one timer. Eye rest (20-20-20), stand and stretch, hydration, general breaks,…