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> how that break/fix loop can supercharge your productivity by giving you those dopamine rushes as a reward for your effort It's interesting to hear someone co
by brundolf 6y ago
> how that break/fix loop can supercharge your productivity by giving you those dopamine rushes as a reward for your effort
It's interesting to hear someone come out and say that there's a link between how "fun" a coding workflow is and how productive it is. I think most of us know it, but nobody ever talks about it. I wonder if it could be harnessed better.
- dnautics 6y agoIt's kind of like a drug. I don't play any more video games - coding is my video game. I'm convinced that strategic use of those green dots is why I don't burn out much anymore, I just pushed through a month-ish emotional slog that in the past would have triggered full-on burnout but still wrote lots of code for work, my personal projects, and produced the deliverables for my job only a day-ish later than I said I would.
- john-shaffer 6y ago> It's kind of like a drug. I don't play any more video games - coding is my video game. I feel the same way. I just make sure I take one full day off a week and play games or read. I can still get burned out, but it's generally short-lived.