Productivity tip for developers: kill the tab-switch reflex
Block X, Reddit and Hacker News while you code, and use a 60 second wait as your break task. By the time it is done, so is the build.
What the video shows
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In Redirect, block the tabs you reach for while you wait, like X, Reddit and Hacker News.
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For a break, choose the 60 second wait. By the time it is done, so is your build.
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Otherwise you land on your goals, and your head stays in the code.
Read the transcript
The build is running, so you open X. Ten minutes later, the build is done and so is your focus. In Redirect, block the tabs you reach for while you wait, like X, Reddit and Hacker News. For a break, choose the 60 second wait. By the time it is done, so is your build. Otherwise you land on your goals, and your head stays in the code. Get Redirect at heyredirect.com.
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Close the tab. Open your goals.
Redirect sends distracting sites to the goals you wrote down, and makes every pause a choice.
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