Ask HN: How do you fight procrastination?

Re:Ask HN: How do you fight procrastination? by kowen on Sunday March 14, 2010 @04:36AM (#1190478)

I've found that pair programming for a bit can help me get past that initial resistance. It doesn't have to be anything special or official - just a shared screen with a friend over skype can be enough to get going.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you fight procrastination? by ntoshev on Sunday March 14, 2010 @05:29AM (#1190506)

REPL also helps me stay focused. Maybe for some people TDD does, but not for me.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you fight procrastination? by rapind on Monday March 15, 2010 @04:46PM (#1194074)

I guess I'm a little old school, but the first thing I do is build some datasets. Either from the legacy app or via requirements if it's a greenfield. Seems boring but for me it's simple work and it gets the creative juices flowing. Then it becomes a problem / challenge which is of course interesting.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you fight procrastination? by vog on Sunday March 14, 2010 @08:30AM (#1190612)

More generally, working in a team helps a lot.

It doesn't matter whether you are 2, 3 or 4 people. And it also doesn't matter whether you meet with a co-founder or a customer. It helps to meet in RL, but sometimes a plain phone call can be sufficient, too.

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