I am not very disciplined. So trying not to be distracted while <del>working</del> at my computer is a major project for me. Since "deep work" is en vogue, it is possible to disable notifications in nearly every app nowadays. But there are often tiny bits one cannot change: Slack's icon in the notification area is one of those things: Whenever you have an unread message in any of the channels you are part of, Slack will show a small blue dot on its icon in the notification area. One can argue that it is not that hard to ignore that but fishing is also not that hard and I cannot do it. What I can do though is overwrite `slack-taskbar-unread.png` by `slack-taskbar-rest.png` in `%APPDATA%\Local\slack\app-VERSION\resources\app.asar.unpacked\src\static\`.
Today, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-hrtTcMR8" target="_blank">this video tutorial</a> led me to the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20028" target="_blank">application verifier</a>, which is pure awesome, <a href="http://gusclass.com/blog/2011/10/31/application-verifier-save-your-memory-debug-your-apps-also-hax/" target="_blank">as explained here in part</a>. I had never heard of this thing before, and I am having the time of my life with it. If you like Windows hax, check this out.