Heh. Both of us probably know what forking of good open source stuff leads to . But seriously, the best thing about this site is that there's evidence that this works (at least for some people). That's enough for me!
I actually arrived at exactly the same idea few weeks ago and started doing it. Figured, there must be something out there along the lines and googled "no snacks diet". Lo' and behold, here it is, and interestingly enough from a fellow software engineer! :-) My motivation for the approach was a bit ...