Solo Devs: How Do You Escape the "Work Vortex"

The hardest part of building alone? Fighting your brain’s addiction to distractions.

I’ve lost days to:

• Refactoring code that already works

• Calling Reddit/HN doomscrolling “tech research”

• Endless npm package debates (yes, I use tabs over spaces)

What barely works:

• Blocking rabbit holes (Ashdeck kills my YouTube/Reddit addiction)

• Shipping code so janky it’d make Uncle Bob faint

But the vortex still drags me back.

How do you stay on track?