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A comment on Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day.

Re:Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write... by programminggeek on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @02:51PM (#4257207)
You know what works well? Just write some code. I use the metaphor "paint every day" which I took from a HN comment years ago, but how does an artist get good at painting? You paint every day.

How do you get stuff done? Code every day. Fix a small problem, big problem, whatever. Just take steps forward every day.

It's how I got http://reme.me off the ground. I do something every day. In a couple short months I built the API, site, iPhone, and Android apps all by myself. I only get an hour or two a day maybe to get stuff done, so I just try and do something.

Lately I've been giving myself a list of tasks and either a week or two deadline to hit a "release", but really, that doesn't get stuff done. Just coding something each day does.

Paint every day.

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Re:Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write... by RegEx on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @03:19PM (#4257356)
I find this very condescending. Not all of us get to work on fun problems, but the work has to get done nonetheless.
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Re:Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write... by run4yourlives on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @04:14PM (#4257633)
I think you are missing the point of the OP's comment.

Essentially, he/she is saying that persistence is the key to completing the task, and that is true regardless of whether the task is enjoyable or not. Pound away, day after day, each and every day, and it will get done.

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Re:Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write... by programminggeek on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @08:17PM (#4258635)
To clarify, ReMeme is a side project. None of it is my day job. My day job is a cool project, but it's by no means a startup. There is plenty of not fun work to do on it at times. Also, plenty of the things on ReMeme aren't that much fun either. The outcome is pretty cool, but building it is still work.
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Re:Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write... by laberge on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @04:12PM (#4257620)
I think the context of this is related to working on "fun" problems though. If you're at work, getting paid and not working, you'll get fired. Working in a startup is much different.
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