Focused Work, Distraction-Free Coding (opens in new tab)

With the age of AI agents giving everyone a heightened sense of speed in shipping code, it is valuable for engineers to focus deeply on technical work. The distraction of mobile phones and social networking have been replaced by the distraction of checking what Claude Code is doing, or asking Grok or ChatGPT questions. The idea of "writer decks", a minimalist computer, is making a comeback as a way to create a distraction-free environment to be able to have a focused work session. One writer ...