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To add to that, leaving something in a very obviously broken unfinished state really helps to jump back into the flow the next morning, or whenever you come bac
by jcul 1y ago
To add to that, leaving something in a very obviously broken unfinished state really helps to jump back into the flow the next morning, or whenever you come back.
I actually find it very hard to do this, to walk away with some code that isn't compiling or a test that isn't passing. It feels like leaving something unfinished.
When you return it's an easy jumping off point, with a tangible goal and helps bring you back into the context.
- parpfish 1y ago"park facing downhill"
- ivanjermakov 1y agoThat's a great trick. I often leave myself a TODO in a source code. But as a plain text, not as a syntactically valid comment. With this project won't compile and on the next day is obvious where I ended up.
- thabit 1y agoI'll just delete what I wrote and forget about. It also doesn't work with python. Can someone make a todo app that forces you to see it? I feel like it's already done.
- michaelsalim 1y agoIf you'll just delete it anyway, i don't think any amount of tooling would help you with that
- jcul 1y agoThat's actually a good idea. I actually hate leaving something not compiling in the evening, it feels like things are unfinished, but it helps getting back into it. I tend to use this more when taking a break for an hour or two. But it is effective. However leaving an intentionally broken comment sounds like a good way to get the sense of completion for the day, but have the compiler focus your attention on where you left off!
- thabit 1y agoExpand.