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This is cool but I see so many posts in HN about “hacks” that increase productivity/save time that it makes me anxious. I don’t know if it’s our field or just
by Xenoamorphous 3y ago
This is cool but I see so many posts in HN about “hacks” that increase productivity/save time that it makes me anxious.
I don’t know if it’s our field or just life these days but I would really love a more relaxed approach to work (or life in general?). It feels like I’m in a race and struggling to keep up with the pack.
- rpmisms 3y agoIt's not healthy to always be running around like a headless chicken. I want well-paced work to become normal.
- nonameiguess 3y agoHopefully, this is most often just an excuse for someone with the hacker spirit to figure out how to automate something because it's fun. If you're really spending that much time replying to Slack and e-mail that making yourself an arbitrarily fast typist puts a meaningful dent in what would otherwise be work blockages, I think there are organizational problems there that you can't solve by being a faster typist.
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- gamerDude 3y agoI have found that I am spending more and more time thinking about my solution before implementing. Life is definitely more enjoyable and probably about equally as productive. You just have to carve out that time. Go for a walk and take intentional breaks from the keyboard.
- eviks 3y agoYou can relax more by spending less time doing tedious repetitive work like typing