- A 20-30 minute run in the morning before starting work - Redirecting news.ycombinator/reddit/facebook etc. to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts (checking the web is a

- A 20-30 minute run in the morning before starting work - Redirecting news.ycombinator/reddit/facebook etc. to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts (checking the web is a nice signal that you've encountered something hard to do) - Good instrumental music (vocals engage the coding brain). Headphones help me focus better than speakers, even when there's no-one else around.