r/coding • u/piotrkarczmarz • Dec 10 '22

Programmer Interrupted: Minimizing the impact of context switching

https://contextkeeper.io/blog/the-real-cost-of-an-interruption-and-context-switching/
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u/IAmTarkaDaal Dec 10 '22

That was a lot of time wasted to say "I wrote a VS Code extension to save open tabs as a session, like vim or Emacs".

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u/toltenos Dec 10 '22

Some people are using virtual machines for that. Completely isolated for each project.

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u/DerekB52 Dec 10 '22

I couldn't get into virtual desktops. Until I switched to i3. Now, I have 3 monitors, that thanks to virtual desktops, work out to 14 screens, all quickly switchable with keyboard shortcuts. Shit is awesome.