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> "We found that the perceptual load does affect programmers’ efficiency."

Yeah, not a surprise of the century for me. Is there an similar research on interruptions? Especially Slack going ping ping all the day? I wonder how much those interruptions cost the industry. I know they have benefits too.

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Everybody's style is different, but for me, I silence... everything. Nothing dings. Nothing pops up. Not on my macbook, or my phone (Do Not Disturb, always), or even my microwave.

For Slack, I watch for a number in the red dot above its icon. Then I know I need to check it. For e-mail, sometimes e-mails just get by me. It's not usually a problem. For calendar, I have to keep a mental note of my next meeting. That is probably the biggest downside of this setup.

I'm similar, and started to just manually set a timer for upcoming meetings on my phone.

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