cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/49917849

Tons of blocker tools out there like LeechBlock and StayFocusd, this one redirects instead of blocks. I’ve found it useful.

• I know I try to access timesuckwebsite.com that I know I browse when I actually should be squeeblerizing, and so I have timesuckwebsite.com redirect to squeeblerizingthesite.com.
• I know that I have a bad habit of looking at ostensiblyusefulwebsite.com for information on underwater basket weaving, but end up sucked into endless scrolling the related articles and never actually finding the answers I am looking for. Sometimes I’ve actually just dealt with this by using uBlock Origin to banish the thing showing related articles; sometimes I just redirect ostensiblyusefulwebsite.com to an html file I made 3 years ago with links to good underwater basket weaving resources where I can probably turn up the answer with a little more concentrated effort.
• Of course, you can also use this for other things (which I guess could be incremental time saving and lots of annoyance-saving) like redirecting minecraft.fandom.com to minecraft.wiki.