Show HN: A rain Pomodoro with brown noise, ASMR, and Middle Eastern music

Looks nice, immediately wanted to multiselect audio (rain AND Middle East)

nicely done

I couldn't find any way to switch from rain to one of the other soundscapes - is the idea that the tool itself just varies them randomly?

love it! great job

I suppose one could do it with... 2 browser tabs. Ah but you end up with 2 countdowns.

Makes me wonder about the difference between "ambient cafe: Starbucks" vs "ambient cafe: somewhere in the Middle East"...

Gear icon on the top right, in the desktop version.

ah, thanks, managed to miss that altogether!

Nice, I'm a pluviophile, and really like this one: https://rainbowhunt.com

I love rain too. That site looks cool, thanks for sharing

Haha never thought about that. Maybe I can find a way to add something like that.

A cozy cafe in the middle of a desert with rain outside. Not sure if that makes sense, but I love the vibe

Thank you, means a lot

Really appreciate it

Glad you found it lol. It’s on the mobile version too if you ever try it there.

https://mynoise.net has a ton of sound generators, pomodoro mode, and lets you mix the generators any way you like (see https://mynoise.net/superGenMaker.php) or combine the stems from multiple generators into one (see the directions at the bottom of https://mynoise.net/Community/).

Gonna try this out during work tmrw. Thank you for an awesome project!

Made my day. Hope it keeps you locked in at work.

I understand that this has very little relevance for a pomodoro app where the intent is to create a fictional atmosphere to help you focus, but with the mention of Middle Eastern music I was reminded of this (admittedly long) video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LR511iAedYU

Really appreciate all the responses and ideas here. If you think someone else might enjoy it, feel free to share it around. Thanks for checking it out!

Friendly reminder that you might want to drop “pomodoro” from your app.

To officially use the Pomodoro® name and logo in your application or platform, you must acquire a license.

https://www.pomodorotechnique.com/pomodoro-licenses/

Can we collectively retcon an unencumbered replacement name for such things? Odoromop?

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll look into it.

> pluviophile

TIL, thank you lovegrenoble for bringing this adjective into my life. I always just said "Oh I don't mind the rain"...for years..

Great idea ! Very nice website

Can we bring our own playlist? This would be right up my alley with synthwave.

> The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. It uses a kitchen timer to break work into intervals, typically 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used while a university student.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

This is really, really nice. Thank you for sharing it!

I had the same thought. I've been layering multiple ASMR/ambient youtube videos recently and I find it amazingly relaxing.

For example, currently listening to these three:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNi5yUO14jg

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpcSJtvMxk

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLrDKAv9Fw

There's a million different options out there and it's surprising what layers well.

Either your suggestion or OPs caused my phone to begin to heat significantly within seconds.

For shame, these are great tools...

Is it not 25 min too short for a focus period? I listen to Andrew Haberman that 90 min is the time you maintain focus.

Sounds like a naming idea for a cleaning implement that came up in Mr Clean marketing meeting and was immediately dismissed.

For anyone curious:

> A pluviophile is a person who loves rain and rainy days. It's someone who finds joy, peace, or comfort in the sight, sound, and atmosphere of rain. The term combines the Latin word "pluvia" (rain) with the suffix "-phile" (lover of).

Use Tomato

I thought common words were free use...? You don't need a license with Apple to make an apple shaped pomodoro timer.

I mean he's not wrong, but why would I watch this nearly 2 hours narcissist orgy? Too much talking, too little music. This video is primarily about this dude making himself look good, which also seriously questions his credibility.

90 mins of focus but you take intermittent 5 mins break times after every 25 mins. After 90 mins you take a brief long break.

tl;dw

Is the music in the app "real" middle eastern music or not? What's an example of something real if not?

Beautiful! If you could find a way to connect this to Music for Programming [0], that would be awesome.

[0] https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/

Good idea. I don’t know how to hook it up exactly, but I can add this type of music.

Hmm, your own playlist sounds fun. I’ll keep it in mind, but sooner than that I might just add some synthwave for you.

Thanks! Means a lot.

Thanks

Increase your productivity while rotting your brain!

Strange proposal.

If you make shoes and call them pomodoros I guess that’s fine.

If you make an app that competes with and implements the same idea and you call it the same that doesn’t sound like “free” or “fair” use.