Fighting Burnout Incorporating Rest Into the Software Development Workflow
summary
Claims that sleep, meditation and exercise boost productivity more than editor tweaks, with specifics: vim and Sublime tweaks, Zeus and Spork environment preloaders, thoughtbot polar_bear gem and missed Airbrake alerts. Cites prefrontal cortex vulnerability to sleep loss and cortisol stress response. Recommends diaphragm breathing and short micro meditations during 3–5s unit tests, 25–30s integration runs (turnip/capybara) and a 6‑minute deploy, plus healthier sleep and habits instead of chasing marginal keystroke gains.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:18Rethink Text Editors
- 2:40Environment Preloaders
- 3:13Editor Shortcuts
- 4:35What do you do
- 5:42The brain
- 6:53Venn diagram
- 7:10Sleep
- 8:37Human Needs
- 8:55Rapid Eye Movement
- 10:57Stressful Jobs
- 12:29Bad Code
- 14:50Cortisol
- 15:56Meditation
- 16:46Breathing
- 22:34Micro meditations
- 25:57Happiness
- 26:29Healthy Habits
- 27:25Be Kind
- 27:51Contact
- 28:15Stress
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