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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: 0.433s | source
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rambambram ◴[29 Mar 25 13:12 UTC] No.43515263[source]▶
The whole idea of pomodoro comes from a physical kitchen timer in the shape of... you guessed it, a pomodoro.

The best UX for the pomodoro technique can be found in this physical kitchen timer, if you'd ask me.

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rukenshia ◴[29 Mar 25 13:17 UTC] No.43515299[source]▶
I think functionally the Focus Dial (I linked to it in my README as well) is the much better „product“ and keeps exactly that UX compared to what I built. I had to face the reality of my own limited knowledge and skillset to build something like that (and wanted to do my own thing), plus I really ended up liking that epaper display.
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1. pimlottc ◴[29 Mar 25 21:37 UTC] No.43518948[source]▶
It would help if the intro section mentioned the added features so the reader would understand why a custom device was necessary.