I built trydeepwork because the standard advice failed me.
A couple years ago, I was studying for a tech interview while balancing my job and personal life. I tried the tricks you hear about—work 25 minutes, take a break, repeat. Every time I'd get into flow, a timer would go off telling me to stop. I was constantly starting over, never getting anywhere.
That's when I realized: Pomodoro works for sending emails. It doesn't work for solving hard problems.
trydeepwork is built for people who do complex, cognitively demanding work—engineers, researchers, designers, founders. Work that can't be chunked into 25-minute sprints.
It's a commitment device, not a task manager:
Before work: You declare one outcome. No vague to-do lists.
During work: The interface disappears. Audio masks distractions. You can't drift.
After work: You see evidence of what you actually shipped—not what you intended.
No confetti animations. No cute illustrations. No gamification pretending to fix focus.
Just a tool that respects your intelligence and protects your time.
If you're ready to work deeper, not just longer—start your first session.
— VK