The latest articles on DEV Community by Eury Vallejo (@euryvallejo). https://dev.to/euryvallejo https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F467169%2Fc3b7a4f2-ba33-4666-a97f-fa4eb96cdd60.jpg https://dev.to/euryvallejo en Eury Vallejo Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:55:04 +0000 https://dev.to/euryvallejo/bad-programmer-3oga https://dev.to/euryvallejo/bad-programmer-3oga <p>This is my first post in Dev, after clear all of my distractions, happens that I have many years developing differents web apps, desktop app, and more, but when the pandemic start I did get bad habits and I need to change them because I want to get to my previous shape when I was a very productive programmer, I started to read a recommended book called "Hooked" to fight with the bad habits and in this book found some tips that I like to share with the community and if you have tips to fight with the bad habits you can to share with me in the comments.</p> <ul> <li> Multitasking is fake in real life, stay focus on only one thing. </li> <li> Minimize Distraction. <ul> <li> Put your phone in a distance while working. </li> <li> Avoid Social networks. </li> <li> Don't read emails and other messages type that send information that your brain needs analyses. </li> <li> Use a someone application to help you with the selfcontrol, actually I use [Forest App](https://bit.ly/3y73wNd) </li> </ul> </li> <li> Break task into chunk <ul> <li>It's easier when you work a task in separate chunks than you work the task completely, always use Git </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sleep always that you can and take breaks, this is the best part of my routine because, for a long time, I never took the time to rest until the end </li> </ul> <p>See ya!</p> deeplearning hooked distraction