Enablers of Developer Flow

Stop outsourcing the keys to greater engineering productivity

I often struggle with procrastination. Things are better now, but there are plenty of times when I still find myself absentmindedly doing things other than the work I am supposed to be doing. It reminds me of the classic Joel on Software post “Fire and Motion” and bouts of unproductivity.

In my younger days, I was notorious for waiting till the last minute to get something done. One memorable example was the time in ninth grade when we had a semester-long…