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Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

254 points by quicksnap ↗ HN
Where'd you go? What'd you find?

Glad it's back up now.. :)

259 comments

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cupofpython
(What is this, reddit?)

I checked news sources more directly from the websites i am personally familiar with instead of using the hacker news front page as a filter + expanded domain

yababa_y
I walked to the gas station, drank an iced coffee, ate a sandwich while listening to a book and enjoying the forest. Wrote a README for a project I've been working on the past week. Then I noticed HN was down :(
reachableceo
I went to Reddit and lobste.rs . Was horrible! (Not really ).
jjgreen
Rocked backward-and-forward with my arms crossed.
smashah
Wondered if I had been banned.
300bps
I prepared a spreadsheet of the approximate amount of karma I would’ve received had HN not been down and will be submitting a reimbursement request to dang.
FredPret
I actually worked, amazing what you can get done if there’s nothing else to do
onion2k
I did far more work than usual and now my product lead is going to expect this to happen every sprint.

They'll be so disappointed.

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muh_gradle
Interesting. I fell into a hopeless pit of despair and got far less work done as a result. I need my soma fix.
ghetzel
Finish the tickets, but don't close the tickets ;)
haggy102
This is the way
ezekg
I used to feel really bad about this until I learned a lot of other programmers do the same thing. Work hard and fast for a little while when you’re motivated, relax a lot when you’re not.
dieselgate
And hope you’re more motivated than not?
ezekg
Yeah, more or less. I have to find ways to kickstart motivation. Probably why I like owning my own business. xD
owl57
Isn't this the standard practice? :)

I developed the habit to announce all changes in my service on Slack when deploying to production, even seemingly invisible ones, and that helps not to forget the tickets after writing the code. But team lead still finds some finished but unclosed ones on each backlog GC run.

cosmotic
Just explain that it's unsustainable regardless.
fnordpiglet
Oh no. Your burn down chart won’t look right. They’ll crucify you for that and ask you to explain it for sure.
messe
Same. It's probably just a coincidence though. Because if it weren't, I'd have an addiction I'd need to confront.
Sakos
I was so productive I managed to finish the work inside of a day that I've been having trouble with the past two weeks. Maybe HN should have planned blackouts? :D
jspaetzel
Wrote tickets in Jira
wdfx
I found myself reconfiguring Jira
devin
I worked out and took a long walk.
gffrd
I got some work done for once. There's my 2.35 hours of work for the month!
silisili
Checked HN, watched it spin for about 10 seconds before going elsewhere, then trying again 8 seconds later out of habit mostly. Rinse and repeat.
chainwax
I got most of the way there to hosting a small site from a pi. Got hung up on port forwarding on Fios. I'll figure it out though.
mgh2
Blind. There are some trolls like with anything, but sometimes there is good content from tech workers.

There might be an overlap of demographics... largely Indians under H1B

https://www.teamblind.com/

Apreche
I didn't even notice. I only check this site via RSS.
petewailes
Got the second to last module finished on the theatre of mind focused VVT I'm building.

We're launching in Sept.

bsima
I cleaned my office and moved furniture while waiting for compiles to finish. Got the keyboard next to my desk now, hopefully this encourages me to practice more often.

Also cables are organized under my desk, never thought I'd see the day