I’ve noticed that I have a lot less trouble with interruptions deeper in my career than starting out because those mental models are refined and intuitive now. The example presented in the article where the programmer has a carefully constructed recreation of a null reference bug could probably be broken up into a series of steps that don’t require keeping as many variables in your head.

I agree that interruptions are annoying but they’re unavoidable, and we can develop strategies to make them less impactful. Passive aggressively trying to make somebody else feel your pain is guaranteed not to work and will just make them resentful and make you look petty.