app looks clean. I dig it.<p>Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else.<p>I have pretty strong ADHD. Pomodoro and other time tracking techniques never really worked well for me long-term because they end up being associated with a lot of anxiety and self-shame as I used them, so I tend to stop using them as negative feelings build up.<p>Now I use them differently. I'll set the timer for 30 - 45 minutes and when it goes off I ask myself if I'm using my time in the way I intended. I try to ask it in a non-judgmental way and the answer is mostly unrelated to the process. Sometimes it's fine that I got off on a tangent; sometimes it's not. The goal is really just to be aware that time is passing and have built in moments where I'm conscious of how it's being used.<p>When I'm consistent about it (which isn't always), I find that I'm much more aware of how I'm actually using my time, which tends to lead toward naturally using it better but again, I try to separate the awareness from the tracking and planning.<p>I personally use a physical clock like this one but I think using a website or clock is really personal preference:
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hexagon-Rotating-Minute-Preset-Countdown/dp/B07L2QN8MY" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Hexagon-Rotating-Minute-Preset-Countd...</a><p>I like that one because I enjoy the physical feeling of rotating it. I also like that the alarm is the light blue backlight flashing, which feels less aggressive and psychologically traumatic than my phone alarm.<p>That's also not to say pomodoro is bad for someone with adhd. I still use similar methods and I think there are techniques for being more successful with it that I wasn't employing. I just like to separate the time/task management from time awareness now and feel that it's useful for me.
No offense author, but what is specifically ADHD related in this timer? Actually I'd argue that it is ADHD unfriendly because it is in the web browser. So now I need to open a browser and hunt down one tab among hundreds, because as a ADHD person I tend to hoard them to process later and of course never do it.<p>There are also no notifications or sounds in your website (I may have nuked all browser notifications at some point, to combat asshole webdesign, and now I have no idea if that's a default setting).<p>The 100% expected scenario of how ADHD person would use your timer is open it, set up a timer, check it periodically if it has finished or not, happily get to first break, then setup second work period, forget about timer until 3 days later, and find it when cleaning up open tab. Close it forever. Source - this would be a fifth or so exact same pomodoro "app"-website I've tried and abandoned.
What makes this ADHD friendly?<p>Also, as you prob know, there are multiple free/FOSS native taskbar based pomodoro apps that really get out the way, what is the advantage of using a browser based on?
The URL is very interesting :))<p>As someone with ADHD, I think that simplicity is key when it comes to ADHD-friendly tools.<p>I love the the simplicity of the app. However, one feature that I think is particularly helpful for ADHD users is the option to play ambient sounds during the work sessions.<p>I used to use <a href="https://asoftmurmur.com/" rel="nofollow">https://asoftmurmur.com/</a> for ambient sounds but it's not a Pomodoro timer.<p>Just found <a href="http://pomoup.com/" rel="nofollow">http://pomoup.com/</a> yesterday on a Show HN post and it has everything I need.
Haha love the URL. Great concept - will use. Just an idea, I get anxious looking at the time ticking like that. Maybe run the clock in the background but for the UI, show a color gradient slowing shifting as time winds down or something less harsh? Great job!
Pomodoro never has worked for me. The productive periods always seem to end just when I'm in a flow state and the short breaks aren't long enough to do anything really recreational and fun. I now just track my productive and procrastinating time and try to keep them somewhat in balance. For that I hacked together a trivially simple PWA at <a href="https://timeth.at/" rel="nofollow">https://timeth.at/</a>. That way I can chug along for as long as it's comfortable to do something useful without interruption, and also get to enjoy some procrastination time without feeling guilty. I just need a gentle reminder from time to time not to spend 8 hours straight binge watching some show or waste the entire game playing video games.
aren't pom's 20-25 min, not 60 min by default? the two green and blue choices are confusing, i didn't realize one was break and the other was work until i started a test session. Also the the time remaining should be displayed in the page title, so i can be in another tab and see it. The dark mode is nice
To the fellow ADHDers out there: the Pomodoro timer is not what you think it is!<p>Until I got diagnosed, I thought Pomodoro to be "keep focused for 30 minutes, do not context-switch, do not get distracted" timer.<p>After I got diagnosed (thankfully a mild case) and started taking medications, the use of Pomodoro switched to "don't sit more than half an hour focused on one task without standing up, streching and getting some tea" mode.<p>You can use this phase switch to your advantage, to measure the degree of ADHDness and efficacy of medication.
Nicely done.<p>Does anyone else get anxiety from watching the timer get close to 0 and not being nearly done with you've set out to do in the pomo?
I found a work/rest timer like yours work really well for me.
I use WorkRave which is free, available on all OSes and even locks keyboard for you after work timer is complete (with an option to postpone).<p>[1] - <a href="https://workrave.org/download/" rel="nofollow">https://workrave.org/download/</a>
The best "app" I discovered is on my iphone, theres a count down timer. It works great. I do not know if android has a built in app, it's been years since I used one...<p>That's it, the biggest thing is having something by you/on you that works. I didn't know how to use the Clock app fully outside of different timezones/alarms. I was surprised there was countdown. You can extend continuously, so you can set 15 mins or 30 mins countdown and have it continue all day if you so desire.<p>It's pretty powerful, I wonder how many basic built in features of operating systems I completely miss - because, the clock app seems innocent enough, it's application is really unlimited.
Nice job with this! I love the clean/minimum interface. It doesn't seem to chime or notify when done? How do you use it to know when time has run out?<p>One thing I've wanted from a pomo timer is a simple way to mark the number of distractions I've had.
Does this thing run in UTC? I'm in the Europe/Copenhagen timezone (currently UTC+2) and the web app shows a time two hours behind localtime (and my pc is having the correct time from NTP).
There was once a web app called maesure, which provides approximately the same thing. The website was closed short after its deployment. As one of the previous active users of the maesure app, I’m concerning if the app you’re developing will end up in the same situation.
Great project, but even better for other users - if you need something simple and bespoke, build it!<p>I love how the age of AI development is making whipping up an app like this for personal use more viable. I created a CLI study flashcard with progress tracking app in <30 minutes for my own purposes the other day.
If you struggle with distraction or discipline, you must get <a href="http://freedom.to" rel="nofollow">http://freedom.to</a> on your devices.<p>It is simple, easy, effective, and the single best ROI of any app I have ever paid for.<p>Not affiliated with these guys, but this sh*t just /works/ for me.
i just wanna say i've been using this the last couple days and found it extremly useful!<p>i don't have diagnosed adhd but my dad does and i'm just too lazy (ha) to get an evaluation myself. for whatever reason, having this tool and knowing there's a break coming makes is much easier to stay focused for the working time.<p>so thanks for creating and sharing! :D
The best timer, I feel, is Forest, though it doesn't actually intend to be a timer, but since I work on a laptop 24x7, it reminds me to focus on my task if I open YouTube or something.
This is cool. I've been using <a href="https://mytomatoes.com/" rel="nofollow">https://mytomatoes.com/</a> for a long time.