That sounds really rude of your colleagues. Sorry you have to deal with that.

Lower cognitive load supports a happier and more sustainable worklife.

Always on top! 💯

Or if using VS code, I'll drag a terminal window into the main editor and tab through terminal sessions alongside files.

I always wonder why so many of those ads don't actually get built into real games...
The publisher who effectively "tricks" someone into downloading the games behind the ads must realise that people want to play the thing they've teased them with. 🤔

5/
I get to rest my tired brain a little sooner and leave it with an easy way to start up again.

A simple way, that I can be a little kinder to myself.

4/
I'll already have context on what the problem is to solve, which means once my tests are green, I find myself in "flow"

When I get tired and want to stop work, I'm not straining myself either.
Instead, I'm doing what Lazy Shaun does best: Leave myself the problem to deal with later.

3/
My brain engages with an incomplete task much faster than an unstarted one.

So I leave myself a nice red test. When I get back, I have a clear place to start and a specific mechanical thing to do.

2/
Starting something from scratch is hard.
Getting in the right headspace, building context, finding a rhythm, etc, etc.

Picking up a failing test or an incomplete task feels much less daunting to me than trying to drop into something completely new from a cold start.

At the moment I have a couple of posts I might respond to. I've copied links to them into a notes file on my device.

It's that behaviour in particular that bookmarks once automated for me on the old site. (Before they became an enagement hook)

Excited to see what happens. Thanks for looking at it!

Oh, damn. That really sucks, I'm sorry you have to deal with that.
I truly hope you kick its arse all the way!

I'm intrigued that melatonin helps, I'm gonna go do some reading.

Melatonin used to be the best part of bedtime! Luckily, I don't seem to need it these days. 🤞

While I was taking it, I came across stuff suggesting lower doses might actually be a better way to go:
slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/10/m...

Never got around to trying it, 3mg did the trick for me!

Once, I relied on Google maps to plan a walk around a loch in Scotland.
I was used to it being "slower" than my walking speed.

Turns out it was ridiculously optimistic. What was meant to be a one day hike turned into two!

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Once you take that step home is behind you and the rest of the world stretches out before you."

I've met multiple BAs who would write system requirements referencing exclusively *completed* GUI design artefacts.

Ime, where someone on a team isn't empowered to connect with a user, there's a tendency to find a "next-best-thing".
If that persists it becomes a habit, then a practice.

I'm a technical lead at a UK based consultancy working on a smorgasbord of problems.

Passionate about many things, especially TDD, XP, CD and collaborative ways of working.

I'd love to hear about the economics of tech in the public sector.

How does funding flow into tech within a public org?
What are some great spending patterns, and what are the worst anti-patterns?