While I respect the Pomodoro technique, I found that its focus on 25-minute chunks is largely incompatible with the way I (and many others) program. When it takes 10-15 minutes to load everything up in your brain, that only leaves you a few minutes to actually work before you take a break.<p>It remind me of the &quot;This Is Why You Shouldn&#x27;t Interrupt a Programmer&quot; comic: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;heeris.id.au&#x2F;2013&#x2F;this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-a-programmer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;heeris.id.au&#x2F;2013&#x2F;this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-...</a>, except in this case, you&#x27;re interrupting yourself.<p>These days, I use SelfControl to disable access to my distractions all day long to get a ton of stuff done.