---
title: "How To Code So Fast It Feels Illegal"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-code-so-fast-it-feels-illegal-fzabdnssa
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWIAkX2T7F8
type: video:youtube
source: "bigboxSWE"
published: 2024-12-12T11:42:08.392Z
updated: 2024-12-12T11:42:17.604Z
tags: ["productivity"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 872
comments: 29
language: en
---

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# How To Code So Fast It Feels Illegal

**[bigboxSWE](https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe)** · 1 min read · 872 upvotes · 29 comments

## Summary

Parkinson's law suggests that work expands to fill the time allocated for its completion. Applying this to coding, setting shorter deadlines (like 2 hours) for tasks can help boost productivity and make the work feel more like a challenge. This method encourages faster coding and provides a clear cut-off point for evaluating progress and seeking help if needed.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@thecookingsenpai** · 23 upvotes

> I disagree on optimizing and ultra-speedrunning everything this way. This is both useful and a recipe to burnouts.

**@ligemos** · 12 upvotes

> Parkinson's Law hit me hard.
> When I set 5 minutes to learn English, I can concentrate fully.
> If I don't, I end up wandering on the internet and might take hours to finish my lesson

**@shadow\_automata** · 9 upvotes

> Feel like this makes sense. Piggybacking off the idea of CI/CD pipelines in that the shorter you can make your feedback loop the greater of an ability to make changes as needed. Thanks for sharing! :)

**@godsgoodnessmmaduchukwu** · 3 upvotes

> This came right on time. Cause I have a deadline that seems scary. Now I now how to go about it.

**@andriusran** · 2 upvotes

> Sometimes programming reminds me of playing in kindergarten :) with a bunch of blocks stacked to each power.  It's fun but also needs concentration. I found for myself the best coding pattern to focus in bach it's hard to maintain long-term coding focus and not be distracted ("Exception then you CODE that you truly like ") but usually you code that others need not what you want in work. So to not burn out make what you feel is optimal for you make realistic goals in a small amount of time and if you wanna challenge yourself every next day increase the difficulty and lower the time.
>
>
> Happy...

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