[HN Gopher] Programmers want flow. when programming, light turns...
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       Programmers want flow. when programming, light turns RED
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2024-12-13 02:04 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | gnabgib wrote:
       | Like a DIY Busy bar (1371 points, 2 months ago, 461 comments)
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41838337
        
         | shae wrote:
         | Or an affordable busy.bar cause the hardware I used in this
         | post is $35 ( https://www.adafruit.com/product/4800 )
         | 
         | I'd love to have a busy bar, but they seem expensive for what
         | they do.
        
           | Vampiero wrote:
           | Can't you just get an OPEN/CLOSED sign for like $1?
           | 
           | Or write "BUSY" on a piece of paper and tape it to the back
           | of your screen?
           | 
           | Or just tell who ever is bothering you to fuck off for five
           | minutes
           | 
           | Or just keep a loaded gun on your desk as a deterrent
           | 
           | Or just stop working with other people and achieve
           | enlightenment
        
             | soysandwhich wrote:
             | First sane and real-world-based response, outside the
             | typical "uhhh huh let's adress $issue with more tech" HN
             | bubble.
        
               | throwup238 wrote:
               | That's how we know we're out of touch: we don't
               | immediately reach for a firearm to solve our problems.
        
             | 082349872349872 wrote:
             | compare Olin Shivers: https://scsh.net/docu/html/man.html
        
             | wruza wrote:
             | That last one is so underrated.
        
         | aziaziazi wrote:
         | Like any over techy way to display... a Boolean basically.
         | 
         | People have fun with what they like I guess, wondering if
         | surgeons find ways to create busy bar using biological material
         | or medical stuff.
        
       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | Lobste.rs comment:
       | https://lobste.rs/s/3rybyx/programmers_want_flow_when_progra...
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       | (the low tech equivalent: close your office door)
        
         | im3w1l wrote:
         | When you are in the flow all you want to do is code, so I think
         | having it be automatic is a big value add.
        
         | binkHN wrote:
         | I close the door to keep the noise out, so simply closing the
         | door is not enough.
        
       | lemming wrote:
       | I work from home. For a while, I was using Focusmate to keep me
       | on track, which worked very well. I implemented something similar
       | using a standard smart bulb connected to Apple Home, and then I
       | just controlled it using shortcuts and Hammerspoon such that it
       | would turn red when my webcam was active, and turned off when it
       | wasn't. I mounted it in a normal lamp outside my office door. It
       | worked really well to reduce family interruptions when I was
       | trying to work. I haven't been doing this for a while now, but
       | I'll probably come back to it at some point.
       | 
       | I called it my Roxanne light :-)
        
         | nuancebydefault wrote:
         | You don't have to turn on the red light, those days are over!
        
       | drewcoo wrote:
       | For me, at least, flow is about the ability to focus on a problem
       | and really see (almost touch) all of the pieces that are or
       | should be. Flow is not just using an editor. If it were, it would
       | be easy to force people into flow.
        
       | hackerknew wrote:
       | "the easiest way to detect if a programmer is in flow is to see
       | if they're typing into their programmer's editor."
       | 
       | Does anybody else find that statement controversial?
        
         | jareklupinski wrote:
         | if i'm already typing, it's too late to interrupt my flow
         | 
         | the preceding minutes trawling logs, filling my head with
         | events, and connecting all the dots is the unstable part i need
         | to keep in my head
        
         | yreg wrote:
         | Yeah, that's only a part of the time I consider as
         | 'programming' / 'being in the flow'.
        
         | jazzyjackson wrote:
         | maybe replace typing with, 'has editor in focus', /maybe/
         | 'editor | docs' because of course I may be idling while in the
         | flow, but as soon as I've tabbed over to stack overflow its
         | because something isn't working and it might actually be a good
         | time to walk off for 5 minutes and come back to it.
        
         | OJFord wrote:
         | Is it controversial or just something we can all agree is
         | wrong?
         | 
         | I think a better metric is how fast I'm switching between
         | things. Logs, Slack, editor, something else: if the monitor's
         | flashing like crazy as I go back and forth trying to tie things
         | together...
        
       | musicale wrote:
       | Productivity interruption and destruction systems (teams, slack,
       | zoom, email, etc.) along with quick responses to same are
       | mandated by most workplaces. Disabling such interrupts typically
       | triggers alarms and a stern lecture from management.
        
         | bdangubic wrote:
         | if you work in such a place run for the hills :)
        
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