It is a simple time-management technique designed to boost focus and productivity. I learned about it when I did a coding bootcamp in 2013.
Here’s how it works:
Focused sprints with regular breaks might help concentration and avoid burnout.
It’s so freakin’ annoying to run out of credits
Whether you are playing 1980s Arcade Games or vibe coding in 2025 via Replit, Lovable, Cursor, v0.app, or Zite - being interrupted while in a flow-state is super freaking annoying.
Why would you impose such an imposition on your customers?
Insider view:
The founder of a $15M post-money “AI wrapper” (read: customer-oriented startup solving a problem using AI rather than being on the commodity layer) recently asked me whether his company should switch to “credits” or transactional usage-based pricing.
I said, Daaaaayum Gina!
Instead I said he should consider a Pomodoro Pricing model, which is what I think is the next evolution of usage-based pricing.
With 25-minute price chunks, a creator can time-box their development using an established productivity format - rather than be SURPRISED by credit warnings, which feel very stick rather than carrot.
I just upgraded yesterday from 0 to $19 and now this! 🥵
But I do have to give Zite a shout-out for this ….. >
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