Personal project · Focused listening

A distraction-free music player I built to protect focused work.

A distraction-free music player that searches YouTube and plays audio without pulling the listener into an endless recommendation feed.

WebPod music player search and playback interface
RoleDesigner and developer
ScopePersonal React application
StackReact, JavaScript, YouTube API
Project typePersonal
01 · Context

The problem

I wanted to listen to music while coding without landing on YouTube and getting pulled into recommendations. WebPod narrowed that experience to the useful part: searching for music and playing the audio.

02 · Responsibility

What I was responsible for

  • 01Defined the project around one concrete productivity problem.
  • 02Built the search, playback and instructional interface in React.
  • 03Connected the application to YouTube search data.
  • 04Published the source so the implementation could be explored and reused.
03 · Evidence

What happened

The original source, component structure and YouTube service integration remain available in the GitHub repository.