I worked on a lab, wait times < 1 minute were the worst, too long to actively wait, too little to go do something else. Now back in dev work it's even worse, be

I worked on a lab, wait times < 1 minute were the worst, too long to actively wait, too little to go do something else. Now back in dev work it's even worse, because there's too many opportunities where you 'think' you can bridge that time, but you get lost way too easily. What somewhat worked for me was time tracking based on my screen's focus (I use Timing for Mac, timingapp.com, no affiliation whatsoever). If anything it makes me aware, but since I use it for billing my hours, there's an incentive to minimise it to keep the day (at least somewhat) short. Today's for working on my own stuff, so no tracking, hence me falling for the same traps again, and writing this comment. Probably should do it on a day like today as well.