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Why interruptions are frustrating to developers

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Why interruptions are frustrating to developers

What’s the real cost of interruptions? I illustrate all the context developers keep in their head and how it starts to decay immediately when interrupted.

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Pomodoro technique might be helpful

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AstonJ

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I think that strip says it all :upside_down_face:

There’s also this thread here with a few additional links with some alternative viewpoints…

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