--- title: "Why pomodoro doesn't work? Try this alternative 馃崊" url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-pomodoro-doesn-t-work-try-this-alternative--xcn5eqrrx source_url: https://dev.to/flowmodor/why-pomodoro-doesnt-work-try-this-alternative-2no9 type: article source: "DEV" author: "Max Shen" published: 2024-01-15T12:09:57.178Z updated: 2024-01-15T12:09:55.614Z tags: ["career", "devtools", "productivity"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 815 comments: 41 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why pomodoro doesn't work? Try this alternative 馃崊 **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** 路 [@m4xshen](https://daily.dev/m4xshen) 路 3 min read 路 815 upvotes 路 41 comments ## Summary Learn about the Pomodoro Technique, its limitations for developers, and discover the Flowmodoro technique as an alternative for managing your time and staying focused on coding tasks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yosepra** 路 32 upvotes > Wow... It's actually surprising to read an article that pulls the words out of my mouth. I can see the benefits of Pomodoro, but at the same time, I'm also struggling to be consistent with it. Mainly because the break time quite literally _breaks_ my concentration. And I often get quite annoyed by it. > > Then I try the alternative, I will go to deep focus for as long as I can, then whenever I feel like I'm hitting a block, I can just take a rest. This also becomes a problem as I take too long of a rest time. > > Then this article introduces me to Flowmodoro, which gives a fair amount of rest time.... **@alok** 路 6 upvotes > But is it better for someone with ADHD who tends to have too much focus that they forget the time flow unless something interrupts the flow **@kkurko** 路 4 upvotes > Here's a project the author of this article is working on to solve Pomodoro problems for developers: [Flowmodor](https://flowmodor.com/) **@shaunm** 路 3 upvotes > This makes a lot of sense, but as an adult cursed (or blessed) with hyper focus, a hard limit of between 45 to 90 minutes generally works best to keep me productive and healthy. If the author would include an optional setting for a hard limit in their app - I'd scoop it up in a heartbeat. If they'd like some help with it further down the line, I'll happily write a PR for it. **@shankhara** 路 2 upvotes > I agree, time-boxing really works! > > It's good to have breaks planned. If we wait until we're tired, it's too late for a good break. > > I wrote about this here: https://www.bam.tech/en/article/maximizing-productivity-how-time-boxing-improves-work-routines. > > Would love to hear what you think! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don鈥檛 just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) 路 CNCF 路 0 upvotes 路 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) 路 CNCF 路 1 upvotes 路 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) 路 CNCF 路 0 upvotes 路 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-pomodoro-doesn-t-work-try-this-alternative--xcn5eqrrx)