alt Hacker NewsIn no particular order
- Meetings
- Reading papers
- Understanding legacy code
- Reading internal news
- Ad hoc chats with coworkers
- Writing docs
- Editing configs
- Thinking about solutions
- Slacking off
- Analyzing results
- Testing code
- Reviewing PRs
- Understanding others' ongoing projectsReplies
throwaway2037 • today at 6:29 AM
I laughed when I read this, but there is something to it. I like to say "intellectual relaxation" or take a break. Sometimes getting up from your desk to do some mindless admin task like photocopy a document for HR can free up your mind. If we were line workers at a factory, this would be mandated breaks. Business/Financial newspapers and factory executives love the old quote: "With robots, they never need a break, never need holiday, and can work 24x7." With the advent of agentic LLMs, a tiny fraction of that reality is leaking into the white collar world.
PizzaBorsch • yesterday at 7:03 PM
AI can do everything you listed except chats with coworkers and slacking off.
I just don't think you've utilized the most recent versions of codex or claude.