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Show HN: A rain Pomodoro with brown noise, ASMR, and Middle Eastern music
I built this because most Pomodoro timers felt too sterile.
I wanted something that actually pulls you in with rain, brown noise, soft ASMR, and a few Middle Eastern tracks. Added animated backgrounds so it’s not just a blank screen.
Runs fully in your browser. No accounts, no tracking, just open it and focus.
If you give it a try or have ideas to make it better, I’d love to hear.
- uxamanda 1y agoLooks nice, immediately wanted to multiselect audio (rain AND Middle East)
- netsharc 1y agoI 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"...
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoA cozy cafe in the middle of a desert with rain outside. Not sure if that makes sense, but I love the vibe
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoHaha never thought about that. Maybe I can find a way to add something like that.
- egypturnash 1y agohttps://mynoise.net 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 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/ https://mynoise.net/Community/).
- xdfgh1112 1y agoAfter donating you can also have it make an hour long MP3 of any mix which is useful when offline.
- strictnein 1y agoI 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=CNi5yUO14jg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpcSJtvMxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpcSJtvMxk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLrDKAv9Fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLrDKAv9Fw There's a million different options out there and it's surprising what layers well.
- johnsmith4739 1y agonicely done
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoReally appreciate it
- zem 1y agoI 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?
- netsharc 1y agoGear icon on the top right, in the desktop version.
- zem 1y agoah, thanks, managed to miss that altogether!
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoGlad you found it lol. It’s on the mobile version too if you ever try it there.
- karamalaskar 1y agolove it! great job
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoThank you, means a lot
- lovegrenoble 1y agoNice, I'm a pluviophile, and really like this one: https://rainbowhunt.com https://rainbowhunt.com
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoI love rain too. That site looks cool, thanks for sharing
- Avicebron 1y ago> 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..
- swah 1y agoI don't mind if I have good footwear and a raincoat. Does that make me a rain hater or rain lover? Need dry socks at all times!
- reg_dunlop 1y agoEither your suggestion or OPs caused my phone to begin to heat significantly within seconds. For shame, these are great tools...
- cl3misch 1y agoIn desktop Firefox it maxes out one core while OP's link is the active tab. When the tab is in the background, CPU usage looks negligible.
- busymom0 1y agoFor 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).
- ramon156 1y agoGonna try this out during work tmrw. Thank you for an awesome project!
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoMade my day. Hope it keeps you locked in at work.
- v9v 1y agoI 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 https://youtube.com/watch?v=LR511iAedYU
- jona-f 1y agoI 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.
- globular-toast 1y agotl;dw Is the music in the app "real" middle eastern music or not? What's an example of something real if not?
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoReally 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!
- ozim 1y agoFriendly 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/ https://www.pomodorotechnique.com/pomodoro-licenses/
- masspro 1y agoCan we collectively retcon an unencumbered replacement name for such things? Odoromop?
- jagged-chisel 1y agoSounds like a naming idea for a cleaning implement that came up in Mr Clean marketing meeting and was immediately dismissed.
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoThanks for the heads up. I’ll look into it.
- spookie 1y agoUse Tomato
- nilamo 1y ago
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- klunky 1y agoGreat idea ! Very nice website
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoThanks
- all2 1y agoCan we bring our own playlist? This would be right up my alley with synthwave.
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoHmm, your own playlist sounds fun. I’ll keep it in mind, but sooner than that I might just add some synthwave for you.
- ChrisArchitect 1y ago> 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
- kstrauser 1y agoThis is really, really nice. Thank you for sharing it!
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoThanks! Means a lot.
- azaras 1y agoIs it not 25 min too short for a focus period? I listen to Andrew Haberman that 90 min is the time you maintain focus.
- certyfreak 1y ago90 mins of focus but you take intermittent 5 mins break times after every 25 mins. After 90 mins you take a brief long break.
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- rasso 1y agoBeautiful! If you could find a way to connect this to Music for Programming [0], that would be awesome. [0] https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/ https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoGood idea. I don’t know how to hook it up exactly, but I can add this type of music.
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- hoseja 1y agoIncrease your productivity while rotting your brain! Strange proposal.
- itake 1y agoDid you use vibe coding for this? This looks similar to a boltnew output
- ShadowUnknown 1y agoNope, just took a bit of help on some parts. The text below was styled by AI to fit the theme, that’s probably why it feels that way.
- serf 1y agointense use of emojis everywhere, rounded button styles, strangely upside-down and random particle effects; these are all things that claude/chatgpt/gemini start peppering in like crazy if any prompt for an app calls for 'flashy/fancy/impressive' -- so I have to say that the vibe coding thing was my first thought too (and not because of the wording). still it looks great however it ended up getting made.