Twitter/X

On 2026-01-27 @dannypostma said he felt very anxious and traced it to…

2026-01-27 · 11:22 UTC ·@dannypostma ·1 min read

Brief

@dannypostma felt anxious and, around 2026-01-17, deleted Twitter and cut caffeine to ~60 mg/day; by 2026-01-27 he reported a 'huge difference' in mood. To keep sharing, he embedded a mini Twitter client in his personal OS (post, stats, replies), built in ~2 hours with Ralph, running on an old MacBook.

Why it matters

On 2026-01-27 @dannypostma said he felt very anxious and traced it to doom‑scrolling plus caffeine; he deleted Twitter about 10 days earlier (≈2026-01-17) and reduced coffee to ~60 mg caffeine/day, reporting a 'huge difference' in mood.

Key details

  • He added a mini Twitter tool inside his personal OS that only allows three actions—post tweets, view tweet stats, and read/interact with replies—so he can share work without seeing broader 'doom' content.
  • The tool was built in about 2 hours with someone named Ralph and runs on his old MacBook.
Source evidence

title: @dannypostma: Felt very anxious for a while.

Realised it was a combination of doom-scrolling and caffeine.

So, ...
author: @dannypostma
contenttype: tweet
publication: Twitter/X
published: 2026-01-27T11:22:59+00:00
sourceurl: https://x.com/dannypostma/status/2016109678682636773

word_count: 119

Felt very anxious for a while.

Realised it was a combination of doom-scrolling and caffeine.

So, 10 days ago I deleted Twitter and haven't touched it since (plus reduced coffee to ~60mg caffeine per day)

Huge difference in mental mood.

Only downside. I do like to share my work and life.

So, I added a mini Twitter tool inside my personal OS.

It let's me do the three most important things.

1) Post tweets
2) See tweet stats (nice to have)
3) See replies and interact with them.

That way, I can use Twitter as I want, without seeing all the doom the world has right now.

Took about 2 hours with Ralph.

(This runs on my old MacBook)