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Aishika Midder

Posted on Sep 16, 2020 • Updated on Sep 18, 2020

Build a Pomodoro clock using Github actions!

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Hey there, lovely people of the internet, this is my second post for Actions Hackathon. This time, I have built a pomodoro timer using python and implemented it using github actions. I made it keeping in mind the burnout we developers face after a certain point. 🐞

Just another normal day in our lives, when there is a huge task to complete or to finish a project or assignment on time, we end up thinking that we can drive straight through it but we get tired and exhausted. Most of us can stay focused on a task for at most 35-45 minutes, after that our mind starts wandering and you will never know where that 1 hour went missing ( give it back!!)

Here comes our saviour, drumrolls the Pomodoro technique! 🍅
The Pomodoro timer instills a sense of urgency where rather than feeling like you have endless time in the world to get things done, you know you only have 45 minutes to make as much progress on a task as possible. (It's only 45 mins, you can do it!)⏳
And breaks? You get a whole 15 minutes to chill after each 45 min session.

This technique has been extremely useful for me and I wanted to make it easy to use for the community as well. Github Actions enabled me to do the exact same and I made a beneficial use of it.

My timer implemented with the help of Github Actions sends me a notification every 45 minutes, when my work is over and every 15 minutes when my break gets over. I have used Twilio to send me the SMS on my mobile phone and Mailgun to send me the email alert.

Here's a look at my newly created Github action!

To use it for yourself, setup an account in Twilio and Mailgun. Just create the secret variables with the same names I have created and put your own information, like api keys, phone number, email etc. Set the secret variable IS_ACTIVATED to 0 to stop receiving any alerts and set it to 1 to turn on the pomodoro clock.

Submission Category:

Category 1: Wacky Wildcards
Category 2: Phone Friendly

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aishikamidder05 / pomodoro-clock

pomodoro-clock

This project was built as a part of Github Actions Hackathon My DEV Post here

To use it for yourself

Setup an account in Twilio and Mailgun
Create the secret variables with the same names I have created
Just put your own information, like api keys, phone number, email etc.
Set the secret variable IS_ACTIVATED to 0 to stop receiving any alerts and set it to 1 to turn on the pomodoro clock.