I know exactly what you're talking about. What helped me immensely: Take a finite, tiny step. Let's say you noticed a really small bug or even just a typo in y

I know exactly what you're talking about. What helped me immensely: Take a finite, tiny step. Let's say you noticed a really small bug or even just a typo in your current project. Say to yourself, "Okay, I'm going to fire up my IDE, find the misspelled word, fix it, and commit the change. This will only take two minutes, then I can go back to surfing HN". If you haven't even started yet with your project, just say, okay, let's set up the project structure. Or even just install the IDE or whatever. Find the step that appears to be the least intimidating, and just do it. More often than not, I then feel, okay, I got the project open, might as well tackle this other problem that I have. Take the next step, whatever is within reach. Suddenly hours have passed and I've made substantial progress. After you do this a couple of times, it will get easier and easier to get started.