AutoHotKey script for Beeminding pomodoros

Akrasia
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I was dissatisfied with the options for Beeminding pomodoros. My main desiderata were:

  • Work on Windows (including web)
  • Auto-start breaks after completing a pomodoro but do not auto-start the next pomodoro
  • Report the number of complete pomodoros I did yesterday
  • Report to Beeminder the number of complete pomodoros I did yesterday
  • Ideally, set off a notification on my iPhone when a break is done, as a reminder to walk back to my desk and get back to work

I hired Cae on Upwork to make me a tool in AutoHotKey that would do all the above. I am very happy with the result. I have continued to hire him to fix my problems, and I recommend others do the same.

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Cae has now turned this into a mini Electron-based app, PomodoroJS. I haven’t tried it yet but I’m excited for it.

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Amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this. Do you have particular reasons to prefer this to tryDeepWork? Being lighter weight and running locally, presumably, but I’m especially interested in a feature-wise comparison.

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I tried it quickly just now, but I don’t see immediately how I can get it to do all of my desiderata, viz.,

  • Auto-start breaks after completing a pomodoro but do not auto-start the next pomodoro
  • set off a notification on my iPhone when a break is done, as a reminder to walk back to my desk and get back to work
    It also makes me select a task, which is an extra step I don’t want.