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New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:41:51 +0000

Fantastic! You should open source it

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:40:12 +0000

Have you tried analysing all your prompts, and then telling it to "figure out" what custom skills might improve your prompts? I do actually have another project I'm working on that does this... it's been super useful for seeing how I prompt, what Skills I use and getting them to evolve and improve (I know Hermes does some of this, but it's been interesting rolling my own - will release soon!!)

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:36:45 +0000

Nice! I love Cal Newport. I've definitely found spinning up multiple Claude Code instances eats into your focus, and you can "lose yourself" quite quickly. I find I use pomodoros more as nudges, and use the "beeps" to bring me back if I'm in the browser or something. but yeah... it's a trap for sure!

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:33:28 +0000

Me too. Also it’s good to get decent reports that can be used for other things. For example the logs help me fill in my time sheets. Also it forces me to take breaks

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:31:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I was stuck in a Greek hospital for 8 days with 2 fractured vertebrae, before I could get home. It’s easy to get into a spiral, but putting your mind to build something really helps. I do hope your ribs and collar bone is getting better? I’ve been lucky, as it will heal but could have been really bad. Phew!

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:26:58 +0000

It has sensible defaults just do /pomo start

It’s only if you want to customise it. Also CC will do it for you. It’s very agent friendly

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:16:13 +0000

Mmm apols. You’d think I’d have learned my lesson by now, but it’s just so seductive to have it write for you. I got burned with this very HN post for doing just that, but they kindly let me rewrite it. Will tweak it. Thanks for the feedback!

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:12:26 +0000

Ah nice thanks. Love tmux, incidentally I came across this the other day as an alternative to Ghostty: https://supacode.sh/

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:09:55 +0000

Oh that’s an idea? Could use hooks or something?

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:09:05 +0000

Fantastic. I think these small productivity tools embedded in harnesses is pretty powerful. I especially like that you can get the AI to use it and also just pop into the CLI. Also nice to generate useful web dashboards etc

New comment by emson in "Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline"

emson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:51:47 +0000

Ooo that's cool thank you. That's really useful! My other CLI project was: https://github.com/emson/pymodoro

Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline

emson — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:25:29 +0000

3 weeks ago I had a nasty accident and fractured my vertebrae. As I lay in bed I needed something to take my mind off it all so built "Claudoro".

Claudoro is a pomodoro timer built right into the Claude Code status line, as well as can be directly controlled from Claude Code and the CLI. A few years ago I built "pymodoro" which was great, but recently I felt I needed something embedded in the tools I actually use, and I also wanted something that was flexible, and I could tweak and nudge.

Anyway I hope it is useful to you, and I'd love some feedback on how to improve it.

Thank you...!

PS this is a write up all about how it works etc: https://benemson.com/blog/agents/claudoro-pomodoro-timer-cla...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745590

Points: 40

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New comment by emson in "Consolidated AI First Startup Guide"

emson — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:27:43 +0000

These are my "LLM Wiki" notes, I've been using to build a central resource of "how to build an AI First Startup" If you've got any other tips *I'd love to hear them* - thank you!

Consolidated AI First Startup Guide

emson — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:27:43 +0000

Article URL: https://benemson.com/resources/ai-first-startup-guide

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368326

Points: 2

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New comment by emson in "Anatomy of a GitHub Sponsor Memecoin Consent Gap"

emson — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:09:15 +0000

So I’m an idiot. Somehow I fell into this and now feel guilty. So I figured I’d write it up so that it doesn’t happen to anyone else.

Anatomy of a GitHub Sponsor Memecoin Consent Gap

emson — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:09:15 +0000

Article URL: https://benemson.com/blog/agents/anatomy-github-sponsor-memecoin-consent-gap

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48041880

Points: 1

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New comment by emson in "My Agent Memory Library Helps Write Indie Articles"

emson — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:10:19 +0000

Over the last few days I've added peer-to-peer communication, using a simple message passing and status checks... no need for complicated hooks etc. One repo agent found a bug and told the curator repo agent what it was, and it went ahead and fixed it

New comment by emson in "My Agent Memory Library Helps Write Indie Articles"

emson — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:08:24 +0000

Over the last few months I've been quietly adding more features to elfmem my "evolving" agent memory library ( https://github.com/emson/elfmem ). I'm now able to use it in Claude Code et al. to curate my repos, and even write indie articles based off my obsidian vault. Anyway this article explains how. I'd love a comment, or even a github star! Thanks Ben

My Agent Memory Library Helps Write Indie Articles

emson — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:08:24 +0000

Article URL: https://benemson.com/blog/agents/my-agent-memory-library-helps-write-indie-articles

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000861

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by emson in "Elfmem: Evolving Agent Memory"

emson — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:39:57 +0000

This has been a fascinating project. I've had the chance to explore some really original ideas. Things like: blocks that can be calibrated, mind blocks that can be used to simulate other agent behaviors, graphs, dreaming, frames that return a SELF or ATTENTION, etc. group of memory blocks, and peer to peer message passing. All this has led to a really powerful agent framework you can use today. I'd love a comment... thanks! Ben