I built a small experimental writing tool called nowrite.fun.

The concept is brutally simple: You set a timer (e.g. 5 minutes), start writing — and if you stop typing, your text vanishes. No drafts, no recovery, no forgiveness.

Inspired by apps like Write or Die, but rebuilt from scratch with a lightweight stack: Deno + TypeScript, XState, anime.js, and canvas-confetti. Hosted on Deno Deploy.

It’s a tool for short, focused writing sprints — a tweet, a blog paragraph, a newsletter blurb. Keep typing → you win. Hesitate → it’s gone.

It’s minimal, a bit stressful, and surprisingly motivating.

I also posted it on Product Hunt to see if this kind of weird, borderline masochistic UX resonates with anyone: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/no-write If you find it fun or useful, I’d really appreciate an upvote!

Would love your thoughts, feature ideas, or performance roasts.

Try it here: https://nowrite.fun