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Show HN: Physical Pomodoro Timer with ESP32 and e-paper screen

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315 points rukenshia | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 10:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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thunder-blue-3 ◴[29 Mar 25 12:41 UTC] No.43515084[source]▶
Every time I see something pertaining to a pomodoro timer, I'm reminded of interviewing with a YC founder in downtown san mateo in the early 2010s (he was working on websockets + slide deck/prezi-like tech iirc), and half our interview consisted of him hyping up this technique. The company went under within a year, and I could never respect this technique afterwards
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1. egypturnash ◴[29 Mar 25 15:51 UTC] No.43516443[source]▶
understandable, it's a very useful way to trick yourself into getting shit done but it's also very possible to turn "making the perfect work tracker-timer-app" into a giant rabbit hole instead of just getting a cheap, goofy-looking kitchen timer and keeping some notes on paper.