It's the shadow work of programming I never liked. - Setting up boilerplate code - Configuring my IDE - Configuring special browsers (for web development) wi

It's the shadow work of programming I never liked. - Setting up boilerplate code - Configuring my IDE - Configuring special browsers (for web development) with no addons or tweaks done so it appears like an average person is using the browser - Configuring the OS - Separating work from play. Keeping separate machines strictly for programming - Tests - Reading best practice material - Researching if other people have written the exact same thing as you and uploaded it to GitHub (or don't repeat what other's have coded already). All that can be set-and-forget but I periodically have to do it all again because requirements change, or I get a new machine or I simply want to re-configure my development environment for minor (or major) gains in productivity.