alt.hn

4/18/2026 at 1:19:16 PM

Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting (2011)

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9o3QBg2xJXcRCxGjS/working-hurts-less-than-procrastinating-we-fear-the-twinge

by davikr

4/18/2026 at 2:58:15 PM

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.

by davidelettieri

4/18/2026 at 4:55:34 PM

I wish he had used more italicization in this.

by slappywhite