Tom Cowan says let the people plork.
“The problem here is that our toxic culture has created an artificial distinction between work and play that doesn't exist in reality… Let all the activities ...
This is 100% correct in my experience.
Before LLMs, as a programmer, the more that my task was a hybrid of duty and exploration, the more effective I was. for this reason, when left to my own devices, I tend to explore the "fun" stuff in my task list first before the "boring" unless it's more critical.
Sometimes a sense of danger about the issue (like patching a potential vulnerability) is also helpful in motivating, so there is an element of "adventcha" in that as well.
I play like I'm some kind of l33t h4x0r. actually, roleplaying at least in your own mind, while working, is fun, I mean, when I've been doing really tedious, repetitive refactors, I play at it like it's a computer game - how fast and accurate can I do the task.
Before LLMs, as a programmer, the more that my task was a hybrid of duty and exploration, the more effective I was. for this reason, when left to my own devices, I tend to explore the "fun" stuff in my task list first before the "boring" unless it's more critical.
Sometimes a sense of danger about the issue (like patching a potential vulnerability) is also helpful in motivating, so there is an element of "adventcha" in that as well.
I play like I'm some kind of l33t h4x0r. actually, roleplaying at least in your own mind, while working, is fun, I mean, when I've been doing really tedious, repetitive refactors, I play at it like it's a computer game - how fast and accurate can I do the task.