Show HN: A rain Pomodoro with brown noise, ASMR, and Middle Eastern music
forgetoolz.comI 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.
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
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.
tl;dw
Is the music in the app "real" middle eastern music or not? What's an example of something real if not?
Nice, I'm a pluviophile, and really like this one: https://rainbowhunt.com
> 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..
I love rain too. That site looks cool, thanks for sharing
Either your suggestion or OPs caused my phone to begin to heat significantly within seconds.
For shame, these are great tools...
In 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.
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).
Looks nice, immediately wanted to multiselect audio (rain AND Middle East)
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/).
After donating you can also have it make an hour long MP3 of any mix which is useful when offline.
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.
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"...
A cozy cafe in the middle of a desert with rain outside. Not sure if that makes sense, but I love the vibe
Haha never thought about that. Maybe I can find a way to add something like that.
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.
Did you use vibe coding for this? This looks similar to a boltnew output
Nope, 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.
intense 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.
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?
Sounds like a naming idea for a cleaning implement that came up in Mr Clean marketing meeting and was immediately dismissed.
I think it's probably a mop that spreads odors instead of getting rid of them.
I thought common words were free use...? You don't need a license with Apple to make an apple shaped pomodoro timer.
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.
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll look into it.
Use Tomato
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?
Gear icon on the top right, in the desktop version.
ah, thanks, managed to miss that altogether!
Glad you found it lol. It’s on the mobile version too if you ever try it there.
Can we bring our own playlist? This would be right up my alley with synthwave.
Hmm, your own playlist sounds fun. I’ll keep it in mind, but sooner than that I might just add some synthwave for you.
Gonna try this out during work tmrw. Thank you for an awesome project!
Made my day. Hope it keeps you locked in at work.
This is really, really nice. Thank you for sharing it!
Thanks! Means a lot.
Great idea ! Very nice website
Thanks
> 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
Increase your productivity while rotting your brain!
Strange proposal.
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.
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.
love it! great job
Thank you, means a lot
nicely done
Really appreciate it
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