stugots2

Re:Show HN: Dock – Slack minus the bloat, tax, and 90-day memory loss on Monday January 19, 2026 @03:55AM (#46676509)

i have a side gig with 3 other people, we use slack chat for daily coms and webhooks. we meet weekly over discord becuase huddles are a paid feature, are you planning on implemening voip?

after 4 years we're almost at the point where i feel its worth spending $ for different types of convinient features.

Re:Ask HN: How do you manage downtime as a developer? on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @08:55AM (#44797436)

thank you for your advice. i believe my team is too disconnected from our customers. gathering feedback and delivering on what truly matters to them isn’t something i usually take part in often, if ever

Re:Ask HN: How do you manage downtime as a developer? on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @08:48AM (#44797360)

i switched jobs 4 years ago for the same reason after being at my old one for almost 6 years, its been a steady decline into the same old patterns for me. it seems rare to find a job that can keep up with it's employees all year round and im thinking that i have to find a way to create habits that gets me through the highs and lows. or maybe i have to keep looking, i don't know.

Ask HN: How do you manage downtime as a developer?

Posted by stugots2 on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @07:31AM
from the ask-hn dept.

i've been working in software for almost 10 years with a stable, decent job. the work is interesting at times, the team is fine, and the company isn’t doing anything insane.however i’m finding myself in a pattern that’s mentally exhausting: some weeks (or months), there’s no urgent focus, no clear priority, and no pressure. there’s work i could do — bugs, refactoring, docs—but nobody will...

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