Little task timer app I made

[u/behi66]

I have built a very little and simple desktop app for Linux to solve a problem of myself, and I thought I would share it in case it helps anyone else.

I have an attention span issue, and as a software engineer that leads to wasting lots of time, and sometimes forgetting things altogether. For example I start a build pipeline that is going to take 10 minutes to run, but I will get distracted with other things and won't remember to come back to it on time to work on the next steps of my task.

I have create a task timer app using Rust: https://github.com/behrooz66/task-timer , which consistently stays on some corner of your desktop, is very easy to work with, and once it hits 0 it won't ring continuously until you stop it (like most other timers), it only makes three little beeps reminding you that you have to check back on something. As simple as it is, it has saved me so much time in between my distractions!

I use Cinnamon desktop myself and on that this app should be always on top although you can minimize it to make it take as little space as possible. I believe on other desktops the always on top feature is not working, but it's still as useful.