I freely admit that I have no idea how to measure productivity. And until I do, I really can't tell you that what I choose to do is anything other than consistent with my superstitions about software development.

In other words, I choose some superstitions and I can build up a consistent kind of world based on those superstitions and I can test various ideas to see if the ideas are consistent with my superstitions or the logical consequences of those superstitions.

But really, I have no idea whether I'm directing development traffic or whether I have a pair of coconuts clamped to my ears and I'm waving palm fronds under an empty sky.

http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2009-02-1...