Show HN: Focal, a Pomodoro App

by aabijion 6/28/2024, 8:51 PMwith 30 comments

Focal is a pomodoro web app. I know there's a lot of productivity apps already, but I'm releasing this since I figure someone might find it useful. Focal was more of a short, 3 day project so it may be rough around the edges, but I think it does the job. In any case, Focal is open source and I would be happy to merge contributions. Here's the github repository: https://github.com/aabiji/focal

Have a nice day!

by OnionBlenderon 6/29/2024, 3:26 AM

I never liked pomodoro. I hated getting interrupted after 25 minutes. It kept breaking my focus.

What I found worked well for me instead was "count up" pomodoro.

  - Start a stop watch or simple wrist watch and leave it on your desk.
  - If you glance at it and it is less than 25 minutes, keep going.
  - Else if it is over 25 minutes, take a break if you feel like it. Write down how much time you worked. At the end of day, add up your time.

by bpshaveron 6/28/2024, 10:47 PM

If I check a parent task with an already-checked child task, the check is removed from the child task. That doesn't seem right.

by purple-leafyon 6/29/2024, 5:28 AM

He, I made a pomodoro to learn how to make browser extensions https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pomodoro-focus-task...

This was ages ago. And I ended up making my first software sale in browser extensions not too long after

by akshayKMRon 6/29/2024, 5:15 PM

The timer is too shrill for me. Nice choice of music though, I got some work done!

If anyone is interested, the music uses Youtube. Here are the video-ids:

``` jazz: "fx67Lg5oSgM", classical: "Hlp6aawXVoY", lofi: "jfKfPfyJRdk", nature: "eKFTSSKCzWA", ```

by j_bumon 6/28/2024, 11:21 PM

If anyone’s looking for a native macOS pomo app, I strongly recommend checking out Flow [0]. I use it daily!

[0] https://www.flow.app/download

by garrettgarciaon 6/28/2024, 11:01 PM

All I'm seeing is "Loading Focal..." blinking forever.

As an alternative, I've been using https://pomofocus.io/ and like it.

by alwillison 6/29/2024, 12:50 AM

Focus Work is another app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focused-work-pomodoro-timer/id...

by kiwibyproxyon 6/28/2024, 11:04 PM

This seems not optimized for mobile.

by gadflyinyoureyeon 6/28/2024, 11:01 PM

You might want to watch calling this a pomodoro app. Last I heard the guy that popularized this name treats it as a trademark. He goes after people.