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What we believe, and why we built it this way.

A tennis racquet and ball on a wooden bench beside an empty green court

Essay — September 2026

Blocking was never the point

Manna blocks apps. That's the how. The point is what you do with the hour.

An armchair by a window with an open book and a cup of tea

Essay — September 2026

We only count what really happened

Every number in Manna is measured from the moment you tap, never estimated. Here's why we're strict about it.

A long wooden table set for a meal under an olive tree, a lake and hills beyond

Essay — September 2026

Nobody remembers a scroll

The case for doing things, from someone who builds software for a living.

An open paper planner, a pencil and a cup of tea on a sunlit wooden desk

Essay — September 2026

Give your week a shape

The hours you want don't turn up on their own. Here's how to plan them so they do.

From Featured

People doing things fully

Real people, at the edge of what they do and at peace with one thing done well.

A small racing car rounding a hairpin beside a harbour town at golden hour

At the edge · Motor racing

The lap he couldn't explain

Ayrton Senna · Monaco, 1988

Inside a tiny coffee bar: a wooden counter, a copper kettle, a cloth filter, and a figure pouring slowly

At peace · Coffee

Coffee only

Ichiro Sekiguchi · Ginza, 1948–2018

A figure on a conductor's podium seen from behind, facing a softly lit theatre

At the edge · Music

The symphony he could barely hear

Ludwig van Beethoven · Vienna, 1824