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I don't use VS Code, but I like that there's experimentation in this space -- every X minutes, do something to the UI to remind you to take a break.

I currently use Time Out on Mac and every X minutes it slowly greys out the entire screen. The hardest scenario is if I'm in "the zone" and super focused on fixing a bug, etc. and the notification pops up. I end up feeling antagonistic towards the break reminder.

This looks like it's a good balance.

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<shameless plug> I created a browser extension called Remindoro[0] exactly for this purpose. Right now it is available for Chrome and Firefox. It is also open source[1]

Edit: But I really like the idea of this VS Code extension and will definitely try out. As I type this, I just got lost in editor for like 2 hours and a VS Code extension like this would have helped.

[0] - https://palerdot.in/remindoro/ [1] - https://github.com/palerdot/remindoro

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