Building a Simple Social Media Blocker with Bash

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ebourgess · 6h ago

First post here, I always faced an issue while working where I would find myself scrolling through Social Media when I am supposed to be working. So I created this small bash script to block these sites for me. I know there are apps that can do that, but I wanted a simple solution.

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Building a Simple Social Media Blocker with Bash

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