Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting (2011)
davikr
12 points
2 comments
April 18, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
davidelettieri
I find myself using LLMs mostly to jump start into working and "saving" the energy that I need to start working on a new task. Whether the LLM produces something good or not, I am now in the middle of work. It works best if I'm not already exhausted because a that point LLMs output just confuse me with a lot of text and code.
slappywhite
I wish he had used more italicization in this.