Why interruptions are frustrating to developers - a deep dive

by Dan Willoughby

https://tellspin.app/blog/why-interruptions-are-frustrating-to-developers/

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Interesting post! I Will definitely share it with my team.

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Very good piece, thanks for sharing it :)

siron93

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  Thank you! I appreciate that 😊
  
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Good piece.

It wasn't until I had to code full-time for a few months that I finally got the difference between the depth of concentration I needed to run a marketing operation versus the level needed to build a complex Rails app.

Still haven't managed to explain the difference to my co-workers in a way that they get, though...

ldnflds

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  Thanks so much!
  
  Maybe bring in a deck of cards and have them build a focus tower 😊.
  
  I was hoping with the extra visuals the article might appeal to non developers, but I got a bit carried away explaining the layers.
  
  Could maybe send your coworkers my Twitter thread, it's a pretty good summary.
  
  https://twitter.com/plainice_/status/1397322285577510914?s=19
  
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Nice! I was expecting a fairly standard article about "Do no interrupt programmers", but was pleasantly surprised to find this a really thoughtful article with some great tips to maintain 'flow' state!

Devan

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  Thanks so much Devan! Ironically, someone said that exact phrase with my article from a month ago 😅.
  
  Guess I need to work on my titles a bit :)
  
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