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Re: Show HN: VS Code extension that fades out the colors until you take a break

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Post by majkinetor »

stagas wrote: post #29
s_y_n_t_a_x wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't often get sprints where you are typing consistently, those are usually your most valuable "zoned-in" sessions. I don't see why you would interrupt that, it takes awhile to get zoned back in. Go walk around after you have a good session. This seems really annoying.

So, this still allows your valuable zoned-in session to continue and also reminds you that it is time for a break. Taking breaks increases your productivity, in overall, across time. Mainly because you save yourself from the huge dips of exhaustion caused by pushing your organism over its limit. Your body will strike back, believe me.

Its not only that. Thare are number of real medical issues - spine problems, RSI, eye strain etc.

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension that fades out the colors until you take a break

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Post by s_y_n_t_a_x »

stagas wrote: post #29
s_y_n_t_a_x wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't often get sprints where you are typing consistently, those are usually your most valuable "zoned-in" sessions. I don't see why you would interrupt that, it takes awhile to get zoned back in. Go walk around after you have a good session. This seems really annoying.

So, this still allows your valuable zoned-in session to continue and also reminds you that it is time for a break. Taking breaks increases your productivity, in overall, across time. Mainly because you save yourself from the huge dips of exhaustion caused by pushing your organism over its limit. Your body will strike back, believe me.

I prefer to zone in for 3-18 hours then rest the day after.

Been doing this for 12 years and I'm healthy (according to my doctor).

It's not manual labor, it's not that strenuous on the body. I filter the blue light to help eye strain and stretch when I feel like it.

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension that fades out the colors until you take a break

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Post by dhosek »

z3t4 wrote: post #24
chatmasta wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I often leave the window while waiting for something to build, and that’s when I get distracted. Would be cool if leaving the window started a timer, and if I’m not back within five minutes it pops a notice on the screen.

Eliminate all loading times from your workflow using incremental and background builds. The computer will constantly do work for you, but the computer is a work horse, not your baby. Get the fastest CPU you can afford, with silent cooling.

There are occasional scenarios where this doesn't work out. The data mapping tool we use (MapStruct) doesn't automatically rebuild with changes in IntelliJ which means I have to manually kick off a compile step any time I have changes in the mapper. Worse still, that compilation doesn't always register in the build as seen by the in-IDE JUnit runner so I sometimes have to run all the tests from maven instead of just the one I care about through the IDE. Fortunately, this isn't a big part of my workflow, but wait times aren't always avoidable.

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension that fades out the colors until you take a break

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Post by stagas »

s_y_n_t_a_x wrote: post #32
stagas wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, this still allows your valuable zoned-in session to continue and also reminds you that it is time for a break. Taking breaks increases your productivity, in overall, across time. Mainly because you save yourself from the huge dips of exhaustion caused by pushing your organism over its limit. Your body will strike back, believe me.

I prefer to zone in for 3-18 hours then rest the day after. Been doing this for 12 years and I'm healthy (according to my doctor). It's not manual labor, it's not that strenuous on the body. I filter the blue light to help eye strain and stretch when I feel like it.

That is an interesting approach and you might actually be an outlier. However, in a generic context, the idea is that someone needs to take breaks to minimize the risk of exhaustion and other medical problems and it does make a difference in someone's overall productivity when they do not push themselves too much. So, to answer your original question "why would someone want to interrupt their workflow" the answer is: In general, even if someone loses a few of their valuable zoned-in epiphanies, they gain an overall well-being and retain their health, which makes them be productive all year-round.

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension that fades out the colors until you take a break

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Post by dim13 »

fbnlsr wrote: post #10
dim13 wrote: post #9

As some one, who is back to no syntax highlighting at all, I would like the opposite. From distraction-free to papagei-mess.

I'm curious, why did you remove syntax highlight. I feel like I couldn't function properly if I didn't have my Dracula themed VS Code.

Quite simple, at least for me syntax highlighting adds no value and is pretty annoying.
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