Patrick Dubroy

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Programmer and researcher, designer of alternate futures. I write here about programming, usability, and interaction design.

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Getting things done in small increments (2022)

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Many programmers subscribe to the belief that they need large blocks of uninterrupted time to get anything done. Paul Graham wrote about this in Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule :