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One of my worst habits as a developer is being too much in my head and forgetting about my body. By that I mean ignoring my need to use the restroom, having bad posture, and forgetting to eat at times >_<
ugh i feel that in this very moment.
Actually, as a human being, I need have to talk with other people and have sex too... sometimes I forget my wife while going project. Ah is bad!
FYI: my wife is a programmer too, and it sounds like "Aarrgghh"
I do this all the time. It's so easy to get pulled deep I to a problem
pushing to master
I have difficulties to stop when I can't solve a problem, and I try again and again till exhaustion. However, most of the time, when I stop and come back to it later or the day after, I find the solutions in less than 20 minutes.
"Okay, this clearly didn't work. Now let's do it for an hour because I cannot think of anything else that could work"
...
Next morning
...
"Hm, did I try this? Oh, it works. Now I just need to explain why changing 10 lines of code took me 6 hours"
I do the same everyday
Hofstadter's Law:
Showing client the project at 80% and forgetting the remaining 20% takes 80% of time.
Not writing test cases. :(
Working only when deadline is really close.
Indirect Procrastination I guess
Staying up late because I am sooooo close to figuring out my why my code isn't working...
My worst thing is not reading the documentation enough :D
I have this habit that I only skim through the documentation and think that I now understand it :D
Instead, I should read it once but good :D
When I'm not in the zone and am confronted with a difficult problem, I tend to open a new browser tab and waste time on FB, Twitter, etc. It's my brain saying "I don't wanna!"
That's why when I work now, I change my hosts file to block my bad habits.
Procrastination
What are your worst habits as a developer?
What are your best habit building and productivity hacks?
I set up clear and precise workflows for people to follow, so that we are consistent and rarely deploy bugs.
Then I use workarounds when I'm in a hurry because it's basically fine and it's not like I'm going to do something to break it all.
What are the odds of that happening
twicefive timesagain?Health. Definitely. :(
I have a bad habit to work for a long time but not sparing enough time for workouts. I do eye exercises in between, some stretching but I feel I really need to maintain a healthy body.
I drift off. I'll start working on one issue, move on to another, then close the IDE and work on something else entirely. Very hard to control but I've been trying and seems to be better now, finished my sprint for this week in 3 days 😃
Be awake until late night having work the next day
Recently we've had some talk around pull request etiquette in my team, and I'm definitely guilty of getting carried away with what I'm doing and adding too much to my PR - I've got to try and remember to break up my work into smaller, digestible pieces, which will ultimately get everything merged quicker.
Worst habits
Best Habits
Having a daily routine (sometimes I even eat the same snacks lol)
Looking for new things to learn
Always forgets to go to sleep and results in sleeping at 6:00 am :3 :>
Reinventing the wheel!
I didn't know django existed.I was trying to build a web app using basic python
What are your worst habits as a developer?
Answering messages as soon as they come in on Teams/Slack. I feel guilty if I don't get back to someone quickly enough, but I am realizing how much it impacts my productivity. Also, jumping down rabbit holes to understand why something works, rather than taking it at face value.
What are your best habit building and productivity hacks?
A great one is to decide when you are the most productive and block that off on your schedule. This allows for all of your messages to be muted and you can be extremely productive during this time. Another one, more specific to remote/at-home work, is to put your shoes on! We put our shoes on when we are going into the office or running errands, and it signals to your brain that it is time to be productive! I would suggest completing your morning routine even at home.
Night owl.
procrastination :(
I get distracted so easily sometimes. End up working on something personal when I started off working on professional projects
Wait for the deadline or project to come for a new learning.
Trying new tools with no real use case or goal in mind. Always ends up just being a huge waste of time.
Worst: Not reporting of progress despite I know that I am unable get the work done.
Beat: Adopting the pomodoro technique to work on task and using it as part of project management.
Procrastinating learning something new, and use the same old knowledge instead.
Learning new things with a result is never easy.
16 hour work days
Not reading/studying enough before solving an issue....and doing it all over again when I come accross a better architecture/way of building what I want.