Re:100 Days of GitHub Contributions
by james33 on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @10:17AM
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100 days is probably a pretty good limit, it starts to lose effectiveness past that. Last year I did 234 days straight, only ending the streak on my wedding day, but it should have ended much sooner. It was ultra-productive for the first 60-70% of the days, but the focus started shifting from being productive to keeping the streak alive. It ultimately became counter-productive after going for so long. Sounds great in theory, but make sure you give yourself a hard limit.
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I'm on a streak too, but some days I just push a little detail just to keep things alive.
Since I'm jobless and people around me don't understand anything about software development, I have a number and a graph to show some kind of activity (and it's on the internet, it must be true).
I'm at a 461 days streak at the moment and there are definitely days where I feel the same. But in general, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for me. Doing something on a daily basis is just much easier for me personally than doing it on an irregular schedule.
Good thought; I hadn't thought of setting a limit, but I see your point. Will be interesting to see what happens. I just finished my Spring semester, so a lot of time just opened up, so I suspect I'll have a strong Summer and slow down in the Fall.