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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by stronglikedan on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:52PM (#44120044)
I read a study a while back that said context switching costs ~15 minutes on average. I don't know how true it is, but my bosses have always believed it and tried to respect it.
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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by orev on Thursday May 29, 2025 @12:51PM (#44127850)
I don’t think this is context switching, which would be about moving your attention to an entirely different topic. Addressing the same topic using a few different tools doesn’t require your brain to unload and reload a whole set of context information.
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