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I experience the exact opposite myself. Before AI, the only way I could get in the flow was by isolating myself from everything to avoid direct distractions (p
by wiether 17d ago
I experience the exact opposite myself.
Before AI, the only way I could get in the flow was by isolating myself from everything to avoid direct distractions (phone, emails, IM...) or indirect (having something else on my mind).
It was something I was able to achieve only a few times a year.
It did felt incredible.
As soon I was getting stuck on something tedious, I had to resort to a web search and it broke the flow.
With AI, I can achieve this state every weekend for personal projects, and every day I'm WFH or when I'm alone in my corner of the office.
I start with a list of goals/tasks, put X agents at work (I prefer working on multiple projects in parallel, with only one task per project) and while they're doing their stuff, I'm thinking about the next steps, filling the backlog, catching issues needing rework...
I don't get stuck: either the agent we'll offer a workaround, or I'll push it in the backlog.
Most often, the solution comes to me while I'm not in front of my computer.
I can focus on the big picture, the actual problems that I'm trying to solve.
Yesterday I did exactly this: started at 8am, leaving my desk just to fill my water bottle or empty my bladder... and it's only because a friend came to my place at 8pm that I stopped. I thought I was at it for only two hours...
I hate how this comment can make me look as an AI preacher; but I'm not trying to convince anyone to stop doing anything they're doing because I found the ultimate solution. No.
I'm just describing how I'm enjoying _doing stuff_ on the computer more than I ever did in the ~30 years I've been doing it.