frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Built a Pomodoro timer for ADHD brains: always visible progress bar

17•raoarjun4•2mo ago
One big problem I have with pomodoro apps: they disappear. Even when the timer's running, I forget about it.

So I built a macOS app that runs as a persistent, always-on-top sidebar. When you collapse it, it becomes a 3px colored progress bar.

That constant visual reminder helps my time-blindedness stay on track.

Curious if anyone else struggles with the same thing.

Comments

glaucon•2mo ago
I don't have ADHD but I would find that useful (I'm not a mac user so your implementation is not for me).

I have used pomodoro timers that have a sound (for instance a clock ticking) and that's a useful way to be reminded. Unfortunately the ones I've seen to date have a reasonably limited range of sound configuration options, generally a one second tick. I would prefer to hear a quiet sound every thirty seconds, I'd also be interested in the option of a voice announcing, say, every five minutes elapsed.

treetalker•2mo ago
The OG pomodoro method uses a ticking physical timer; object permanence and visual and auditory cues are built-in.

As far as apps go, I think your idea makes sense. But if you're working on solving a personal difficulty, I suggest going back to the basics and keeping it simple. The point is to work on what you ought.

nrhrjrjrjtntbt•2mo ago
Link? Would love this built into meetingbar which I already use to (almost) always not miss meetings.
chrislqta•2mo ago
I thought about building a similar app for myself - for one I want some kind of pomodoro style color shift on a regular clock to help break time blindness.

Do you have a repo of what you built?

LLMs are powerful, but enterprises are deterministic by nature

3•prateekdalal•2h ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Anyone Using a Mac Studio for Local AI/LLM?

45•UmYeahNo•1d ago•28 comments

Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place

13•jlmcgraw•15h ago•19 comments

Ask HN: Non AI-obsessed tech forums

23•nanocat•13h ago•20 comments

Ask HN: 10 months since the Llama-4 release: what happened to Meta AI?

44•Invictus0•1d ago•11 comments

Ask HN: Non-profit, volunteers run org needs CRM. Is Odoo Community a good sol.?

2•netfortius•10h ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)

139•whoishiring•4d ago•514 comments

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)

313•whoishiring•4d ago•511 comments

AI Regex Scientist: A self-improving regex solver

6•PranoyP•17h ago•1 comments

Tell HN: Another round of Zendesk email spam

104•Philpax•2d ago•54 comments

Ask HN: Is Connecting via SSH Risky?

19•atrevbot•2d ago•37 comments

Ask HN: Has your whole engineering team gone big into AI coding? How's it going?

17•jchung•2d ago•12 comments

Ask HN: Why LLM providers sell access instead of consulting services?

4•pera•23h ago•13 comments

Ask HN: What is the most complicated Algorithm you came up with yourself?

3•meffmadd•1d ago•7 comments

Ask HN: How does ChatGPT decide which websites to recommend?

5•nworley•1d ago•11 comments

Ask HN: Is it just me or are most businesses insane?

7•justenough•1d ago•7 comments

Ask HN: Mem0 stores memories, but doesn't learn user patterns

9•fliellerjulian•2d ago•6 comments

Ask HN: Any International Job Boards for International Workers?

2•15charslong•12h ago•2 comments

Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules?

123•blenderob•3d ago•122 comments

Kernighan on Programming

170•chrisjj•4d ago•61 comments

Ask HN: Anyone Seeing YT ads related to chats on ChatGPT?

2•guhsnamih•1d ago•4 comments

Ask HN: Does global decoupling from the USA signal comeback of the desktop app?

5•wewewedxfgdf•1d ago•3 comments

We built a serverless GPU inference platform with predictable latency

5•QubridAI•2d ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Does a good "read it later" app exist?

8•buchanae•3d ago•18 comments

Ask HN: How Did You Validate?

4•haute_cuisine•1d ago•6 comments

Ask HN: Have you been fired because of AI?

17•s-stude•4d ago•15 comments

Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing)

15•locusofself•3d ago•16 comments

Ask HN: Anyone have a "sovereign" solution for phone calls?

12•kldg•3d ago•1 comments

Test management tools for automation heavy teams

2•Divyakurian•2d ago•2 comments

Ask HN: OpenClaw users, what is your token spend?

14•8cvor6j844qw_d6•4d ago•6 comments