It's getting harder to focus every day(glyphack.com)
675 points by peykar | 381 comments
A personal blog post by Glyphack reflecting on increasing difficulty focusing and getting only about an hour of focused time a day.
#focus on Hacker News
8 stories tagged focus, newest first.
Men who stare at walls(alexselimov.com)
662 points by aselimov3 | 305 comments
Personal blog post by Alex Selimov about staring at walls as a practice to improve focus and productivity.
“Nothing” is the secret to structuring your work(vangemert.dev)
402 points by spmvg | 164 comments
Blog post by Steven van Gemert arguing that starting from an empty, clean work surface ("nothing") is the key to structuring your work and avoiding chaos.
The quiet art of attention(billwear.github.io)
717 points by billwear | 251 comments
A personal essay on cultivating attention, observing the mind without judgment, and simplifying life by focusing on essentials.
Use a work journal(fev.al)
893 points by charles_f | 256 comments
A blog post by Charles Féval, a Microsoft principal engineer, advocating keeping a work journal to recover focus faster and clarify thinking.
Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute(oneminutefocus.com)
561 points by junetic | 242 comments
A minimal web app with a 60-second timer that has users stare at a dot and breathe to improve mental focus before their next task.
Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it(stackoverflow.blog)
388 points by djha-skin | 150 comments
Stack Overflow blog post arguing that focused attention is essential for modern knowledge work and that constant alerts and interruptions undermine it.
Programmer interrupted: The cost of interruption and context switching (2022)(contextkeeper.io)
468 points by jeron | 220 comments
A ContextKeeper blog post from July 2022 on the cost of interruptions and context switching for programmers.