[jeremycw]

I use it when I need to be really productive on projects and tasks where there are a lot of little things to accomplish and lots of little details to keep track of. My procrastination kicks in when I finish a task and "deserve a break" then I have trouble getting into the mindset of starting the next task. So for me a project that requires doing lots of small tasks that take 20 to 40 minutes to finish is the worst case scenario. I find the pomodoro technique is super valuable when trying to get through something like that.

It's less useful for me when there's a big feature to code and all I need to do is start pumping out code.