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Ask HN: How do you spend your time when waiting for build?
Inamy cases I need to wait from 30seconds to 5 minutes for some process to finish what do you do in those short intervals that spans throughout the day?
- moasda 5y agoI read Hacker News and other IT news sites.
- tsjq 5y agoMeditate ,
- pramodbiligiri 5y agoI keep some ebooks/PDFs or long form articles open for this purpose. Preferably something lightly technical that I can read a few paras at a time and highlight as I go along. Ideally the piece should be self contained and not link out to other places, and something that has stood the test of time, so that I stay invested in finished it. I've skimmed and re-read a few books this way. And even the occasional paper.
- nanomiju 5y agoI reply to messages or check out what's going on in the group chats.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoYou could read 4chans technology section.
- dave_sid 5y agoI generate Bitcoin in my head
- tluyben2 5y agoContemplating how we got to a situation where my save/compile/run loop takes longer now than in the 80s when I was using floppy disks. Half kidding, but I spend it working another issue/bug or writing comments/docs.
- tossaway9000 5y agohttps://xkcd.com/303/ https://xkcd.com/303/
- gabrielsroka 5y agoTake a short walk, stretch, get a glass of water, use the restroom.
- notjustanymike 5y agoResume review. We're hiring a frontend so I parse through them.
- NanoWar 5y agoI look at the console output. It's like watching TV ;-)
- 100011_100001 5y agoI dislike checking my email / web surfing while waiting for compiling. It creates delay in my mind to get back into the code if there is a problem, or if I want to add the next part to the code. Usually I will either update my story notes or start working on the next part of my code. I do commit, push and build frequently though. Make it work > make it right > make it fast.
- karmakaze 5y agoThat's a short window. CI takes many minutes for me so I keep a window open in view on my desktop and either start working on other things or contemplate what was just done taking a mental step back. That can sometimes uncover extra cases or clear up concepts that can then make the structures or performance better. A quick game of something is also a nice mental distraction/break. A brief walk outdoors would be best but I haven't a place to go--a coffee shop or around the block could work.
- muzani 5y agoChess puzzles. Sometimes tidying up my office. I just like to make sure everything is straight, at 90 degrees or 45 or parallel to the wall. It's not some OCD thing, just a matter of style. 5S is usually used for workshops, but I think it applies very well to the office.
- afarrell 5y agoI try to spend that time either: A. Doodling a system diagram. B. Updating documentation of what I am doing. C. Meditating in order to keep my mind clear. In practice, I sometimes check hackernews.