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Ask HN: Tips for staying focused during dev cycle interruptions

1 pointsby aprinsenover 2 years ago
We&#x27;ve all been there: waiting for brew, waiting for a CI pipeline, running the full integration suite, xcode doing anything at all.<p>What&#x27;s your useful advice for staying &quot;on task&quot; when your dev cycle is peppered with 15-120 second interruptions?<p>Of course where possible we should pour effort into minimizing these interruptions but for this question I&#x27;m talking mental tricks etc.

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AnimalMuppetover 2 years ago
<i>Don&#x27;t</i> surf the net. Don&#x27;t read HN. Don&#x27;t fire up a game. Those things are going to make you switch mental context twice (once each way). Instead, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths.<p>(Says the guy who, instead, sees what&#x27;s new on HN...)
revskillover 2 years ago
You need better programming language ?<p>Per my experience, choosing a &quot;productive language&quot; matters.<p>For example, working with Javascript&#x2F;Typescript is not productive, because it&#x27;s easy for me to lose focus on other things.