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Re:The Problem with Slow Tools by onion2k on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @06:06AM (#36770107)
If everyone on the team is easily distracted then why would you focus on speeding up slow tooling instead of focusing on making your team resilient to distractions?
Re:The Problem with Slow Tools by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @09:42AM (#36772036)
Ah, yes, just change human nature. That sounds much easier than speeding up a program.
Re:The Problem with Slow Tools by onion2k on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @10:04AM (#36772440)
You can train yourself to focus better and to resist distraction, although it definitely is hard to do. The benefit is that it works for everything, from running a script to ignoring Slack to being able to work in an open office. Improving how long how code takes to run only fixes that specific distraction.