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Unstick: One Tiny Action Instead of a Plan

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend What I Built Unstick gives you one tiny action instead of a plan. Every productivity tool, every AI chatbot, every roadmap does the same thing: it shows you the whole mountain. Ask ChatGPT how to start a creative portfolio and it gives you five sections, twenty sub-bullets, and an implied skill tree you didn't ask to…

Unstick is a productivity tool that provides one tiny action instead of a comprehensive plan. Many productivity tools, AI chatbots, and roadmaps show the entire mountain of tasks, overwhelming users who are already feeling overwhelmed. Unstick was built because the creator has been in that situation, starting their creative portfolio fourteen times without finishing.

Unstick addresses this issue by giving exactly three cards: one action for five minutes, a slightly larger one for fifteen minutes, and a greyed-out "not today" card. The absence of a plan is the key feature. This tool is designed for the creator, who wanted a tool to help them finish their portfolio. The demo can be accessed at https://unstick-api-c7va.onrender.com.

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