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mklepaczewski

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About mklepaczewski

Co-founder of WorkMode (https://workmode.net/) – a virtual body doubling app.

E-mail: maciej@workmode.net

I’ve been a lifelong procrastinator, so I know what it’s like to go through life in idle mode, achieving only 20% of my potential. If you’re a chronic procrastinator and unsure how to overcome it, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to help, even if body doubling isn’t the right fit for you.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48416043

    Is it really faster though? I’ve built PoC of something similar and a test game to check how much faster it was to use keyboard. To my surprise mouse was consistently faster ( by a…

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    Comment #47353002

    It depends on the context and the system you’re working with. In some systems, an hour may last 3599, 3600 or 3601 seconds (due to the leap second), a minute may be 59,60 or 61 sec…

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    Comment #47348572

    You seem to assume that a day always has 24 hours. Common (but not only) non-24h day lengths are: - 23 hours - 25 hours - 24 hours 1 second - 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds You cou…

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    Comment #45177966

    You don’t need the other person to be in the same room - a video call works just fine. In fact, it can be even better for productivity since there's less chit-chat.

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    Comment #45090262

    I work every day with people addicted to YouTube. A WorkMode client shared this approach; we tested it with a small group. Anecdotal but consistent - it works surprisingly well, cu…

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    Comment #43960561

    Everything you wrote is true, but this is not how it works in practice. Usually, the person running the blog uses WordPress, and doesn't know about caching. They add a few plugins …

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    Comment #43951701

    User would have to enable caching in CF and the response from the server would have to be cacheable for CF for caching to kick in.

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    Comment #43951692

    62.5ms for a non-cached request? In my experience that’s really fast response time for a blog even on a dedicated bare-metal server.

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    Comment #43892225

    > Your comment could use a better tone, but I do agree that, especially with the difficulties that people are having finding a job these days, there has been elevated interest in A…

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    Comment #43295574

    I assume that scrolling through productivity feed of friends is less engaging than scrolling through social media content designed and tailored to you to spend as much time on it a…

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    Comment #43284535

    I haven’t checked the app, I just saw screenshots. In my opinion the leaderboard is a bad idea, especially global one. It will be unachievable by vast majority of your users, and m…

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    Comment #43284394

    No need to be snarky. If it helps someone be more productive then it’s a win, even if they spend 50% scrolling and 50% working. I haven’t checked the app, but the description says …

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    Comment #42998275

    Delaying action is sometimes useful. Procrastination is never useful. The deliberate decision to postpone something because it's beneficial is very different from postponing someth…

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    Comment #42998231

    > procrastination is healthy and stops premature projects from getting copied and ruined. I disagree. By definition, procrastination means delaying or avoiding actions you should b…

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    Comment #42690657

    Putting me on the list by my full name was unexpected and unwelcome. I immediately wanted to delete the account. Not providing an option to delete the account was another unwelcome…

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    Comment #42593767

    Who do you consider to be your target audience? Who's your client?

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    Comment #42547308

    No. Procrastinators will unconsiusly use these tasks as an excuse to pause work. Getting something to drink, looking for a music etc. removes these common excuses, so that the only…

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    Comment #42520461

    I disagree. Both books suck for procrastinators/people with ADHD. Most of them won't finish reading these books. People should watch a 10/20-minute introduction to developing a hab…

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    Comment #42520355

    > From your experience, what tips or practices would you suggest to stay disciplined? Don’t ask others what helped them—it doesn’t matter. People procrastinate for very different r…

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    Comment #42492720

    Well, yeah. Companies store a lot of information in spreadsheets. CRM, financial info or really anything. People need to access it from their phones when the data is urgently neede…

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    Comment #42441339

    Teenagers are allowed to take high interest loan? Where? I think in Poland it would be possible for every parent to refuse repay such a loan.

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    Comment #42419264

    > I've seen too many bugs with PHP static typing for it to be worth it in mature systems. Can you elaborate? What kind of bugs? Can you give some examples? I'm scratching my head b…

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    Comment #42415926

    No, nobody has ever complained about it (and yes, we did ask). When we first started, we were really concerned about it, so we tried to move as little as possible, avoid hand gestu…

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    Comment #42406526

    I do the same, but I think it's because we were taught to be polite and to conduct conversations in a certain way. Do you put effort into being polite when ChatGPT makes a mistake …

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    Comment #42406439

    Thank you! I hadn’t thought of it that way, but what you wrote makes total sense and explains the engagement issues we’re seeing with the calculator and the pricing section. > Agai…