Time Intervals
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Operate at your peak efficiency with a self-restarting timer
Vitalii Dodonov

Time Intervals — Operate at your peak efficiency with a self-restarting timer

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Elon Musk runs his day in 5-minute intervals. He can accomplish a lot throughout the day by capping his time to a fixed interval. Time Intervals will buzz every X minutes to help you steer clear of rabbit holes, reminding you that it's time to move on.
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Vitalii Dodonov
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As a Software Developer, I lose track of time all the time. You get in flow, forget the time, and that's that. Oftentimes, you get stuck and follow a lead that leads nowhere - a rabbit hole, falling behind on other work you haven't started. I always struggled with conventional timers because they are loud and needy - you need to manually restart it every time... pull your phone out of you pocket and get distracted. This is too much work. I built Time Intervals as a simple tool to "ping me" every once in a while as a gentle reminder... "Hey, 30 minutes have passed... do you wanna keep working on it or move on?". With a gentle vibration and an auto-restart, you don't need to do anything. It will ring again after the next interval, helping you stay "un-stuck".
David L
This is cool! Now I'll know exactly how much time I'm spending trying to figure out what causes TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined. And I'll know when I'm way too deep in a debugging rabbit hole to make any real progress, so I should step away from my laptop for a bit.
I've been looking for a better way to do my work out. I'm hoping this helps. What I really want is a consistent way to do my breaks without constantly restarting my timer app. The one thing I think maybe will not work as well for me is that I'm not consistent with the actual portion where I'm doing my lifting.
Vitalii Dodonov
@dan_mceleney1 that's exactly what I built the app for. Set a timer just before you start the exercise, and make a commitment to start lifting every time it pings. You've got the tool. The rest is your discipline.
Fanni Friedrich
I've actually been using Time Intervals for a few days now, and it has helped me concentrate a lot. A goldfish has a better attention span than me, so having a little buzz in my pocket every few minutes made me finish tasks faster and more efficiently.
Vitalii Dodonov
@fanni_friedrich Glad it was helpful!