The App Apple Said Was Impossible to Build | Nick Stumphauzer (Shift) | Ep. 337
The BeatiDudes
Nick Stumphauzer joins the BeatiDudes with a pitch nobody believed could work: a phone-blocking app so locked down that even the user can't hack their way out of it. Nick never went to college. He trained as a filmmaker, made seven documentaries, and along the way got free from a pornography addiction despite being an atheist at the time. A few years later he had one question that changed everything: what would he pay each month to remove self-control from the equation entirely? That question became Shift, a tool built on the idea that the user should never be the administrator of their own willpower. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein dig into why most "tech minimalism" tools fail, why Nick gives the porn-blocking side away for free while the doom-scrolling side funds the company, and why he calls doom scrolling "the inverse of prayer." It's a conversation about addiction, attention, marriage, and the theology Nick didn't realize he was building into his own software until after he became Catholic. Funny, sharp, and more than a little convicting. Check out Shift: https://shiftyourphone.com SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music