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Some folks seem to think the benefit of pomos is the focus time. When I used them, it was the breaks. Stopping every twenty five minutes and asking "is this the right thing to be doing now" was invaluable.
I prefer The Flow App for the Mac/iOS, for its the simplicity (yet just enough features) and lite on resources. https://flowapp.info Great customer support as well.
I swear, my bad eyesight saw 'pornofocus.io'
Maybe this is a good time to ask. Have you found Pomodoro to be good for coding? When I get into the flow I completely lose track of time, and find the 5 minutes interruption every 25 minutes annoying. And then, during the break, I either can't get my thoughts off the problem at hand, or I do and then it's more effort to get back to the task. I'm curious about your experience.
I just did a 3 hour session with no Pomodoros because it was something I really looked forward to working on.
Learning or working on anything though that is not quite as exciting then I find Pomodoro to be a near super power.
I am sure this is highly subjective based on the person as I am easily distracted and often times not super motivated.
I'll likely get judged for this, but I'm using a paid proprietary Windows Application (w/browser extensions) called "Cold Turkey" (no association, just a customer). It has Pomodoro Timers, but they're enforced, meaning you can blacklist out certain applications or websites during your "work" blocks and allow them during your free time. I'm doing 20/20 during the work-day, with an hour off for lunch. I'll say this abo…
I'll likely get judged for this, but I'm using a paid proprietary Windows Application (w/browser extensions) called "Cold Turkey" (no association, just a customer). It has Pomodoro Timers, but they're enforced, meaning you can blacklist out certain applications or websites during your "work" blocks and allow them during your free time. I'm doing 20/20 during the work-day, with an hour off for lunch. I'll say this abo…
I have tried quite a few Pomodoro app and they are all good. Remember, it is OK to find your own time-break cycle and not stick to the standard Pomodoro. I'm more comfortable with a 50-10 cycle (50-min, then 10 for break). I don't care about the Pomodoro count or how many per day. If you are working at home, I found that cheap mechanical kitchen timers are great. These days, I'm experimenting with an oversize hourgla…
I like that the hourglass cannot be reset, you turn it and sand flows, the sand cannot be reset with the push of a button. The hour passes whether you get distracted or not, no starting over.